A Caenorhabditis elegans JNK signal transduction pathway regulates coordinated movement via type-D GABAergic motor neurons

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 3604-3615

  Kawasaki, Masato ^a   Hisamoto, Naoki ^a   Lino, Yuichi ^b   Yamamoto, Masayuki ^b   Ninomiya Tsuji, Jun ^a   Matsumoto, Kunihiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; GABAergic motor neurons; JNK MAP kinase pathway; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL LINE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, HELMINTH; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MAP KINASE KINASE 4; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0033168580     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.13.3604     Document Type: Article

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