Chemotaxis of Caenorhabditis elegans during simultaneous presentation of two water-soluble attractants, L-lysine and chloride ions

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 308-317

  Shingai, Ryuzo ^a   Wakabayashi, Tokumitsu ^a   Sakata, Kazumi ^a   Matsuura, Tetsuya ^a  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavior; Chemical stimuli; Choice; Concentration gradient; Nematode; Nervous system; Neural signaling; Sensory information

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CHEMOATTRACTANT; CHLORIDE ION; LYSINE; WATER;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOTAXIS; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; INTERNEURON; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; SENSE ORGAN; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 27644483823     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.07.010     Document Type: Article

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