Crossing the Floor Plate Triggers Sharp Turning of Commissural Axons
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Crossing the floor plate triggers sharp turning of commissural axons.
During development of the vertebrate CNS, commissural axons initially grow circumferentially toward the ventral midline floor plate. After crossing the floor plate, they abruptly change their trajectory from the circumferential to the longitudinal axis. Although recent studies have unraveled the mechanisms that control navigation of these axons along the circumferential axis, those that result ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Developmental Biology
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0012-1606
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2001.0321