... of Biologists Ltd. 1998 KAL-1 gene Extracellular matrix Cell-adhesion site Chondroitin sulfate Heparan sulfate Olfactory system Development During neuronal development, axons extend through various sets of extracellular environments to reach their targets. Understanding how axons grow...

... olfactory system of adult mouse. The sensory neurons of olfactory nasal mucosa can be massively induced to degenerate in vivo, by surgical removal of their only synaptic target: the olfactory bulb. We have previously shown that this neuron loss results from a near-synchronized induction of apoptosis genetic...