Regulation of cell differentiation by Eph receptor and ephrin signaling

Cell Adhesion and Migration

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 339-348

  Wilkinson, David G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascidian development; Bone; Cell proliferation; Differentiation; Eph receptor; Ephrin; Hindbrain; Keratinocytes; Neural progenitors; Thymocytes

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; EPHRIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BINDING;

ASCIDIACEA; BONE REMODELING; CELL FATE; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPHRINS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, EPH FAMILY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOCYTES; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 84919907442     PISSN: 19336918     EISSN: 19336926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/19336918.2014.970007     Document Type: Review

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