Article
Netrin-1 is required for commissural axon guidance in the developing vertebrate nervous system.
Cell - 13 Dec 1996
Serafini T, Colamarino S A, Leonardo E D, Wang H, Beddington R, Skarnes W C, Tessier-Lavigne M
Abstract excerpt
During nervous system development, spinal commissural axons project toward floor plate cells and trochlear motor axons extend away from these cells. Netrin-1, a diffusible protein made by floor plate cells, can attract spinal commissural axons and repel trochlear axons in vitro, but its role in v...
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