A link between axon guidance and axon fasciculation suggested by studies of the tyrosine kinase receptor EphA5/REK7 and its ligand ephrin-A5/AL-1

Cell Tissue Res. 1997 Nov;290(2):261-4. doi: 10.1007/s004410050930.

Abstract

The possible roles of the tyrosine kinase receptor EphA5 and its ligand Ephrin-A5 in axon guidance and axon fasciculation are reviewed.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Axons / physiology*
  • Ephrin-A2
  • Humans
  • Neurons / physiology*
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / physiology*
  • Signal Transduction*
  • Transcription Factors / physiology*

Substances

  • Ephrin-A2
  • Transcription Factors
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases