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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 41, Issue 3, Pages 487-493Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2008.03.014
Keywords
Netrin; Axon guidance; Cell migration; Norm receptors
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- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia
- Australian Postgraduate Awards
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In 1990, the discovery of three Caenorhabditis elegans genes (unc5, unc6, unc40) involved in pioneer axon guidance and cell migration marked a significant advancement in neuro-science research [Hedgecock EM, Culotti JG, Hall DH. The unc-5, unc-6, and unc-40 genes guide circumferential migrations of pioneer axons and mesodermal cells on the epidermis in C. elegans. Neuron 1990;4:61-85]. The importance of this molecular guidance system was exemplified in 1994, when the vertebrate orthologue of Unc6, Netrin-1, was discovered to be a key guidance cue for commissural axons projecting toward the ventral midline in the rodent embryonic spinal cord [Serafini T, Kennedy TE, Galko MJ, Mirzayan C, Jessell TM, Tessier-Lavigne M. The netrins define a family of axon outgrowth-promoting proteins homologous to C. elegans UNC-6. Cell 1994;78:409-424J. Since then, Netrin-1 has been found to be a critical component of embryonic development with functions in axon guidance, cell migration, morphogenesis and angiogenesis. Netrin-1 also plays a role in the adult brain, suggesting that manipulating netrin signals may have novel therapeutic applications. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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