LIM homeobox gene-dependent expression of biogenic amine receptors in restricted regions of the C. elegans nervous system

Developmental Biology

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-102

  Tsalik, Ephraim L ^a   Niacaris, Timothy ^b   Wenick, Adam S ^a   Pau, Kelvin ^a   Avery, Leon ^b   Hobert, Oliver ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogenic amine receptors; C. elegans; LIM homeobox genes; Tyramine

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMEOBOX; LIM 4 LHX GENE; LIM 6 LHX GENE; MEC 3 LHX GENE; MOTONEURON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RNA SPLICING; TTX 3 LHX GENE;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0142074784     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-1606(03)00447-0     Document Type: Article

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