The CMK-1 CaMKI and the TAX-4 Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channel Regulate Thermosensory Neuron Gene Expression and Function in C. elegans

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-68

  Satterlee, John S ^a,c   Ryu, William S ^b,d   Sengupta, Piali ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347596696     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.12.030     Document Type: Article

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