Integration of shallow gradients of Shh and Netrin-1 guides commissural axons.

During nervous system development, gradients of Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) and Netrin-1 attract growth cones of commissural axons toward the floor plate of the embryonic spinal cord. Mice defective for either Shh or Netrin-1 signaling have commissural axon guidance defects, suggesting that both Shh and Ne...

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Main Authors: Tyler F W Sloan, Mohammad A Qasaimeh, David Juncker, Patricia T Yam, Frédéric Charron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-03-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4380419?pdf=render