A neurexin-related protein, BAM-2, terminates axonal branches in C. elegans

Science

Volumn 302, Issue 5643, 2003, Pages 293-296

  Colavita, Antonio ^a,b   Tessier Lavigne, Marc ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELLS; NEUROLOGY;

AXON;

PROTEINS;

BAM 2 PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEUREXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLOGY; NEUROLOGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TARGET CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AXONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CUES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, HELMINTH; GROWTH CONES; LIGANDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; VULVA;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141993681     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1089163     Document Type: Article

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