Distribution and movement of Caenorhabditis elegans on a thermal gradient

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 2581-2593

  Yamada, Yohko ^a,b   Ohshima, Yasumi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavior; Behavioral plasticity; Caenorhabditis elegans; Neural integration; Thermal gradient; Thermosensation

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; EGL 4 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; EGL-4 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; NEUROPEPTIDE; TAX 2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; TAX 4 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; TAX-2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; TAX-4 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; TTX 3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; TTX-3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HEAT; LOCOMOTION; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CYCLIC GMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEAT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; ION CHANNELS; LOCOMOTION; MUTATION; NEUROPEPTIDES; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0042928375     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00477     Document Type: Article

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