Chemosensory neurons function in parallel to mediate a pheromone response in C. elegans

Neuron

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 719-728

  Schackwitz, Wendy S ^a   Inoue, Takao ^a   Thomas, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSE ORGAN;

EID: 0030272986     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80203-2     Document Type: Article

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