The Caenorhabditis elegans AHR-1 transcription complex controls expression of soluble guanylate cyclase genes in the URX neurons and regulates aggregation behavior

Developmental Biology

Volumn 298, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 606-615

  Qin, Hongtao ^a   Zhai, Zhiwei ^a   Powell Coffman, Jo Anne ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ARNT; Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Behavior; bHLH PAS protein; C. elegans; Genetics; Guanylate cyclase; Neuron; Oxygen; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1BETA; NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; OXYGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AHR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPEROXIA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33748964104     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.07.017     Document Type: Article

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