Identification of Caenorhabditis elegans genes required for neuronal differentiation and migration

Genetics

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 151-165

  Forrester, Wayne C ^a   Perens, Elliot ^a   Zallen, Jennifer A ^b   Garriga, Gian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC SCREENING; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; GENES, HELMINTH; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0031883750     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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