Signal transduction in the Caenorhabditis elegans nervous system

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue , 1998, Pages 279-308

  Bargmann, Cornelia I ^a   Kaplan, Joshua M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

G proteins; Mechanosensation; Neurotransmitter receptors; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELLING;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031900020     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.21.1.279     Document Type: Review

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