Eph receptors: two ways to sharpen boundaries

Curr Biol. 2005 Mar 29;15(6):R210-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.03.013.

Abstract

Eph receptors and ephrins can sharpen domains within developing tissues by mediating repulsion at interfaces. An Eph receptor has now been shown also to regulate cell adhesion within tissue subdivisions.

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Adhesion / physiology*
  • Cell Movement / physiology*
  • Ephrins / metabolism
  • Ephrins / physiology*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental*
  • Models, Biological
  • Morphogenesis*
  • Receptors, Eph Family / metabolism
  • Receptors, Eph Family / physiology*
  • Rhombencephalon / cytology
  • Rhombencephalon / physiology
  • Signal Transduction / physiology*

Substances

  • Ephrins
  • Receptors, Eph Family