Genetic and cellular basis for acetylcholine inhibition of Caenorhabditis elegans egg-laying behavior

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 8060-8069

  Bany, I Amy ^a   Dong, Meng Qiu ^a,b   Koelle, Michael R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Caenorhabditis elegans; Cha 1; Egg laying behavior; Unc 4; VC neuron

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALDICARB; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; G PROTEIN COUPLED ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR 2; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; ENZYME REPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERMAPHRODITISM; KNOCKOUT GENE; LASER; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0042337002     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-22-08060.2003     Document Type: Article

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