Hierarchical guidance cues in the developing nervous system of C. elegans

BioEssays

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 355-362

  Wadsworth, William G ^a   Hedgecock, Edward M ^b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; HELMINTH PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; UNC 6 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; UNC-6 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA; LARVA; MESODERM; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; HELMINTH PROTEINS; LARVA; MESODERM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS;

EID: 0030137993     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.950180505     Document Type: Article

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