Sensory signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 494-499

  Kaplan, Joshua M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMORECEPTOR; GENETICS; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM;

EID: 0030219996     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(96)80055-9     Document Type: Article

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