Article
Control of neuronal pathway selection by a Drosophila receptor protein-tyrosine kinase family member.
Nature - 13 Jul 1995
Callahan C A, Muralidhar M G, Lundgren S E, Scully A L, Thomas J B
Abstract excerpt
During development, neurons are capable of selecting specific pathways that lead them to their appropriate target areas. A variety of molecular mechanisms are thought to be involved in pathway recognition, including cell adhesion, repulsion and chemotropism. However, apart from a few genes whose involvement has been shown genetically, the mechanisms underlying neuronal pathway selection are largely unknown. Here...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Chromosome Mapping
- Drosophila
- Drosophila Proteins
- Interneurons
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Neural Pathways
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases