Synergistic integration of netrin and ephrin axon guidance signals by spinal motor neurons

eLife

Volumn 4, Issue DECEMBER2015, 2015, Pages

  Poliak, Sebastian ^a   Morales, Daniel ^b,c   Croteau, Louis Philippe ^b   Krawchuk, Dayana ^b,d   Palmesino, Elena ^b   Morton, Susan ^a   Cloutier, Jean François ^c,e   Charron, Frederic ^b,c,f   Dalva, Matthew B ^g   Ackerman, Susan L ^d,h   Kao, Tzu Jen ^b,i   Kania, Artur ^b,c,f  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DEXTRAN; EPHRIN; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B2; NETRIN; NETRIN 1; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; EFNB2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; EPHB2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; EPHRIN B2; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NETRIN-1; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNC5C PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MRNA EXPRESSION ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENT DISORDER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH CONE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; EPHRIN-B2; GROWTH CONES; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; RECEPTOR, EPHB2; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84955613323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.10841     Document Type: Article

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