A murine neural-specific homolog corrects cholinergic defects in Caenorhabditis elegans unc-18 mutants

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 6695-6702

  Gengyo Ando, Keiko ^a,b   Kitayama, Hitoshi ^a,c   Mukaida, Masahiro ^b   Ikawa, Yoji ^a,d  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACh; Caenorhabditis elegans; neurotransmitter release; transgenic study; unc 18

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BINDING PROTEIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; SYNTAXIN;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0029967978     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-21-06695.1996     Document Type: Article

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