Axon Guidance: Opposing EPHects in the Growth Cone
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Cells communicate with other cells via (trans) interaction between membrane-linked ephrins and Eph receptors. In this issue of Cell, Pfaff and colleagues (Marquardt et al., 2005) demonstrate that coexpressed ephrin-As and Ephs do not interact in cis but rather segregate into separate membrane domains, from which they signal opposing effects during motor axon guidance.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Cell
دوره 121 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005