lin-14 regulates the timing of synaptic remodelling in Caenorhabditis elegans

Nature

Volumn 395, Issue 6697, 1998, Pages 78-82

  Hallam, Steven J ^a   Jin, Yishi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOTOR NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032480236     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/25757     Document Type: Article

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