Genes required for axon pathfinding and extension in the C. elegans nerve ring

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 3679-3692

  Zallen, Jennifer A ^a   Kirch, Susan A ^a   Bargmann, Cornelia I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon growth; Caenorhabditis elegans; Guidance; SAX 3 Robo; UNC 40 DCC; UNC 6 netrin; VAB 1 Eph receptor

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MUTANT; GENE CONTROL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AXONS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOTAXIS; FEMALE; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTERNEURONS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032849015     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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