VAB-8, UNC-73 and MIG-2 regulate axon polarity and cell migration functions of UNC-40 in C. elegans

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-168

  Levy Strumpf, Naomi ^a   Culotti, Joseph G ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; KINESIN; RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; CUES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MONOMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 33846639295     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1835     Document Type: Article

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