Open AccessPositional Cues in the Drosophila Nerve Cord: Semaphorins Pattern the Dorso-Ventral Axis
Author(s) -
Marta Zlatic,
Feng Li,
Maura Strigini,
Wesley B. Grueber,
Michael Bate
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000135
Subject(s) - semaphorin , biology , neuroscience , axon guidance , sensory system , postsynaptic potential , slit , plexin , anatomy , ventral nerve cord , neural development , nervous system , sema3a , axon , spinal cord , growth cone , receptor , genetics , gene
Positional cues target sensory axons to appropriate volumes of the developing nervous system independently of their synaptic partners.
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