Functional domains of LAG-2, a putative signaling ligand for LIN-12 and GLP-1 receptors in Caenorhabditis elegans

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1751-1762

  Henderson, Samuel T ^a   Gao, Dali ^a,b   Christensen, Sioux ^a,c   Kimble, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0030812755     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.8.9.1751     Document Type: Article

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