Mutations in the Caenorhabditis elegans dystrophin-like gene dys-1 lead to hyperactivity and suggest a link with cholinergic transmission

Neurogenetics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-72

  Bessou, Catherine ^a   Giugia, Jean Bernard ^a   Franks, Christopher J ^b   Holden Dye, Lindy ^b   Ségalat, Laurent ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Caenorhabditis elegans; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Dystrophin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALDICARB; AMINO ACID; DNA; DYSTROPHIN; GENE PRODUCT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALDICARB; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DYSTROPHIN; GENES, HELMINTH; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MUSCLES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; UTROPHIN;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0032432922     PISSN: 13646745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100480050053     Document Type: Article

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