Analysis of the retrograde transport of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), neurturin, and persephin suggests that in vivo signaling for the GDNF family is GFRalpha coreceptor-specific.

Leitner, M L

Analysis of the retrograde transport of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), neurturin, and persephin suggests that in vivo signaling for the GDNF family is GFRalpha coreceptor-specific. [electronic resource] - The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience Nov 1999 - 9322-31 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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Animals
Animals, Newborn
Axonal Transport
Biological Transport
Cell Size
Drosophila Proteins
Ganglia, Spinal--cytology
Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Receptors
Immunohistochemistry
Iodine Radioisotopes
Male
Motor Neurons--cytology
Nerve Growth Factors--metabolism
Nerve Tissue Proteins--metabolism
Neurons, Afferent--cytology
Neurturin
Proto-Oncogene Proteins--physiology
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases--physiology
Sciatic Nerve--physiology
Signal Transduction--physiology
Spinal Cord--cytology