The cat-1 gene of Caenorhabditis elegans encodes a vesicular monoamine transporter required for specific monoamine-dependent behaviors

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 72-84

  Duerr, Janet S ^a   Frisby, Dennis L ^a   Gaskin, Jennifer ^a   Duke, Angie ^a   Asermely, Karen ^b   Huddleston, David ^b   Eiden, Lee E ^b   Rand, James B ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; cat 1; Dopamine transport; Serotonin transport; Vesicular transporter; VMAT

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; HISTAMINE; MONOAMINE; NORADRENALIN; OCTOPAMINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TYRAMINE; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0032958758     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-01-00072.1999     Document Type: Article

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