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  • Moqrich, A., Earley, T. J., Watson, J., Andahazy, M., Backus, C., Martin-Zanca, D., Wright, D. E., Reichardt, L. F., Patapoutian, A. Expressing TrkC from the TrkA locus causes a subset of dorsal root ganglia neurons to switch fate Nature Neuroscience  2004 7:812-818  DOI:10.1038/nn1283  PMID:15247919  PMCID:PMC2693051
  • Brandenberger, R., Schmidt, A., Linton, J., Wang, D., Backus, C., Denda, S., Muller, U., Reichardt, L. F. Identification and characterization of a novel extracellular matrix protein nephronectin that is associated with integrin alpha 8 beta 1 in the embryonic kidney Journal of Cell Biology  2001 154:447-458  DOI:10.1083/jcb.200103069  PMID:11470831  PMCID:PMC2150762
  • Patapoutian, A., Backus, C., Kispert, A., Reichardt, L. F. Regulation of neurotrophin-3 expression by epithelial mesenchymal interactions: the role of Wnt factors Science  1999 283:1180-1183  DOI:10.1126/science.283.5405.1180  PMID:10024246  PMCID:PMC2710127
  • Farinas, I., Wilkinson, G. A., Backus, C., Reichardt, L. F., Patapoutian, A. Characterization of neurotrophin and Trk receptor functions in developing sensory ganglia: direct NT-3 activation of TrkB neurons in vivo Neuron  1998 21:325-334  DOI:10.1016/s0896-6273(00)80542-5  PMID:9728914  PMCID:PMC2711510
  • Varnumfinney, B., Venstrom, K., Muller, U., Kypta, R., Backus, C., Chiquet, M., Reichardt, L. F. The integrin receptor α8β1 mediates interactions of embryonic chick motor and sensory neurons with tenascin-C Neuron  1995 14:1213-1222  DOI:10.1016/0896-6273(95)90268-6  PMID:7541634  PMCID:PMC2692383