Expression profiling of GABAergic motor neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans

Current Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 340-346

  Cinar, Hulusi ^a   Keles, Sunduz ^b,c   Jin, Yishi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 13944278450     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.02.025     Document Type: Article

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