UNC-115, a conserved protein with predicted LIM and actin-binding domains, mediates axon guidance in C. elegans

Neuron

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 385-392

  Lundquist, Erik A ^a   Herman, Robert K ^b   Shaw, Jocelyn E ^b   Bargmann, Cornelia I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH CONE; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 17344389358     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80547-4     Document Type: Article

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