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Netrins and their receptors

Simon W Moore1, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Timothy E Kennedy

  • 1Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. simon.moore@mail.mcgill.ca

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
|February 14, 2008
PubMed
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Netrins are guidance proteins crucial for cell and axon migration in the developing nervous system. They attract or repel migrating cells, playing vital roles both within and outside the central nervous system (CNS).

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