Mutations that rescue the paralysis of Caenorhabditis elegans ric-8 (synembryn) mutants activate the Gαs pathway and define a third major branch of the synaptic signaling network

Genetics

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 631-649

  Schade, Michael A ^a   Reynolds, Nicole K ^a   Dollins, Claudia M ^a,b   Miller, Kenneth G ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ALDICARB; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GENOMIC DNA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR RIC 8; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; LEVAMISOLE; SYNEMBRYN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACY 1 GENE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SPECIFICITY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EGL 30 GENE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENOTYPE; GROWTH REGULATION; GSA 1 GENE; KIN 2 GENE; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TRANSGENE; WORM;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENES, HELMINTH; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GI-GO; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 15544390526     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.104.032334     Document Type: Article

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