The Caenorhabditis elegans gene unc-25 encodes glutamic acid decarboxylase and is required for synaptic transmission but not synaptic development

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 539-548

  Jin, Yishi ^a,c   Jorgensen, Erik ^b,c   Hartwieg, Erika ^c   Horvitz, H Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; GABA; GAD; Glutamate decarboxylase; Neuromuscular junctions; amino butyric acid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; DNA; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL ROOT;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0033556159     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-02-00539.1999     Document Type: Article

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