netrin

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Function

  • netrins function as axonal chemotropic factors, promote axon outgrowth, & control guidance of CNS commissural axons & peripheral motor axons

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References

  1. Serafini T et al The netrins define a family of axon outgrowth-promoting proteins homologous to C. elegans UNC-6. Cell. 1994 Aug 12;78(3):409-24. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8062384
  2. Kennedy TE et al. Netrins are diffusible chemotropic factors for commissural axons in the embryonic spinal cord. Cell 78:425-35, 1994 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8062385