Axon guidance: Netrin receptors are revealed

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Guthrie, S
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10.1016/S0960-9822(06)00007-8
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Netrins are molecules that guide growing axons and that are strikingly similar in sequence and in function in flies, nematodes and vertebrates. Now, members of a family of netrin receptors have been identified in all three animal groups and shown to have crucial, conserved roles in axon navigation.
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