Extracellular proteins needed for C. elegans mechanosensation

Neuron

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 183-194

  Du, Hongping ^a   Gu, Guoqiang ^a   William, Chris M ^a   Chalfie, Martin ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EPIDERMIS CELL; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0030021050     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80035-5     Document Type: Article

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