Mechanosensation in Caenorhabditis elegans

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 69, Issue , 2005, Pages 169-203

  O'Hagan, Robert ^a   Chalfie, Martin ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; MECHANORECEPTOR; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS;

EID: 33646084385     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(05)69006-X     Document Type: Review

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