Traction on Immobilized Netrin-1 Is Sufficient to Reorient Axons
- 10 July 2009
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 325 (5937), 166
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1173851
Abstract
Advancing spinal neuron growth cones generate traction forces that can direct the trajectory of the axon.Keywords
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