Semaphorin 3A Elicits Stage-Dependent Collapse, Turning, and Branching inXenopusRetinal Growth Cones
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Semaphorin 3A elicits stage-dependent collapse, turning, and branching in Xenopus retinal growth cones.
The semaphorin receptor, neuropilin-1 (NP-1), was first identified in Xenopus as the A5 antigen and is expressed abundantly in developing retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). Here we show that growth cones acquire responsiveness to semaphorin 3A (Sema 3A) with age and that the onset of responsiveness correlates with the appearance of NP-1 immunoreactivity. Growth cones from "old" (stage 35/36) retina...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Neuroscience
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0270-6474,1529-2401
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-21-08538.2001