Genes that guide growth cones along the C. elegans ventral nerve cord

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 2571-2580

  Wightman, Bruce ^a,b   Baran, Renee ^a   Garriga, Gian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MUHLENBERG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon pathfinding; C. elegans; Fasciculation; Growth cone; Pioneer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; GENE MUTATION; GLIA; GROWTH CONE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOVEMENT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LARVA; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0030764519     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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