Genes that control ray sensory neuron axon development in the Caenorhabditis elegans male

Genetics

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1241-1258

  Jia, Lingyun ^a   Emmons, Scott W ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE PROTEIN; NETRIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEIN RAX1; PROTEIN RAX3; PROTEIN RAX4; PROTEIN RAX5; PROTEIN RAX6; PROTEIN SAX1; PROTEIN SAX2; PROTEIN UNC 40; PROTEIN UNC 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; AXONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 33746407278     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.106.057000     Document Type: Article

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