Suppressors of ectopic UNC-5 growth cone steering identify eight genes involved in axon guidance in Caenorhabditis elegans

Developmental Biology

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 72-85

  Colavita, Antonio ^b   Culotti, Joseph G ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GROWTH CONE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032006352     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8790     Document Type: Article

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