The Caenorhabditis elegans lim-6 LIM homeobox gene regulates neurite outgrowth and function of particular GABAergic neurons

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1547-1562

  Hubert, Oliver ^a,b   Tessmar, Kristin ^a   Ruvkun, Gary ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Axogenesis; Caenorhabditis elegans; GABA; LIM homeobox; Uterus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOBOX; INTERNEURON; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, REPORTER; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURITES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0032913942     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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