Neuropeptide gene families in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 897, Issue , 1999, Pages 239-252

  Li, Chris ^a   Nelson, Laura S ^a,b   Kim, Kyuhyung ^a   Nathoo, Arif ^c   Hart, Anne C ^d,e  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE LIKE PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEMATODE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0033373127     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb07895.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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