Modulation of EGF receptor-mediated vulva development by the heterotrimeric G-protein Gαq and excitable cells in C. elegans

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 4553-4566

  Moghal, Nadeem ^a   Garcia, L Rene ^b   Khan, Liakot A ^c,d   Iwasaki, Kouichi ^c   Sternberg, Paul W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavior; EGF; G protein; Muscle; Neurons; Vulva

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FATE; CELL POPULATION; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LIQUID; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STANDARD; VULVA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GQ-G11; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RAS PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VULVA;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0142106047     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00670     Document Type: Article

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