Drosophila Dscam Is an Axon Guidance Receptor Exhibiting Extraordinary Molecular Diversity

@article{Schmucker2000DrosophilaDI,
  title={Drosophila Dscam Is an Axon Guidance Receptor Exhibiting Extraordinary Molecular Diversity},
  author={Dietmar Schmucker and James C. Clemens and Huidy Shu and Carolyn A. Worby and Jian Xiao and Marco Muda and Jack E. Dixon and S. Lawrence Zipursky},
  journal={Cell},
  year={2000},
  volume={101},
  pages={671-684}
}
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