Mutations in a C. elegans Gqα gene disrupt movement, egg laying, and viability

Neuron

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 999-1009

  Brundage, Lorna ^a   Avery, Leon ^b   Katz, Arieh ^a,c   Kim, Ung Jin ^a   Mendel, Jane E ^a   Sternberg, Paul W ^a   Simon, Melvin I ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARECOLINE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EGG LAYING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029898923     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80123-3     Document Type: Article

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