pag-3, a Caenorhabditis elegans gene involved in touch neuron gene expression and coordinated movement

Genetics

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 141-147

  Jia, Yiwen ^a   Xie, Guofeng ^a   Aamodt, Eric ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, HELMINTH; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHENOTYPE; TOUCH; X CHROMOSOME;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0030061643     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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