The C. elegans nuclear receptor gene fax-1 and homeobox gene unc-42 coordinate interneuron identity by regulating the expression of glutamate receptor subunits and other neuron-specific genes

Developmental Biology

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 74-85

  Wightman, Bruce ^a   Ebert, Bryan ^a,b   Carmean, Nicole ^a,c   Weber, Katherine ^a   Clever, Sheila ^a  

^a MUHLENBERG COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium sensor; FMRFamide; Gene regulation; Glutamate receptors; Homeobox genes; Neuron identity; Nuclear receptors

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; PROTEIN FAX 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; HOMEOBOX; INTERNEURON; MICROBIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 27744519606     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.08.032     Document Type: Article

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