Two neuronal G proteins are involved in chemosensation of the Caenorhabditis elegans dauer-inducing pheromone

Genetics

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 715-727

  Zwaal, Richard R ^a,c   Mendel, Jane E ^b   Sternberg, Paul W ^a   Plasterk, Ronald H A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; EGG LAYING; FOOD; GENE ACTIVATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMORECEPTORS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; LARVA; NEURONS; PHEROMONES;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0031029724     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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