title: Eph receptors: two ways to sharpen boundaries.
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.
authors.affiliation: Divisional of Developmental Neurobiology, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, London, UK.
authors.forename: Dalit
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sela-Donenfeld
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology*; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D036342:Ephrins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D008954:Models, Biological; D009024:Morphogenesis; D036081:Receptors, Eph Family / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D012249:Rhombencephalon / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D036342:Ephrins; D036081:Receptors, Eph Family