Genetics of chemotaxis and thermotaxis in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue , 1999, Pages 399-422

  Mori, Ikue ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavior; Learning and memory; Nervous system; Neural plasticity; Sensory signal transduction

Indexed keywords

CATION CHANNEL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; TAX PROTEIN;

BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOTAXIS; HEAT SENSITIVITY; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELLING;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; ION CHANNELS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOVEMENT; TEMPERATURE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033367293     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.33.1.399     Document Type: Review

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