Neuropeptidergic signaling in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-55

  Husson, Steven J ^a   Mertens, Inge ^a   Janssen, Tom ^a   Lindemans, Marleen ^a   Schoofs, Liliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; flp; FMRFamide like peptide; G protein coupled receptor; Insulin; Nematode; Neuropeptide; Neuropeptide like protein gene; nlp

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMIDATING ENZYME; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE H; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 2; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EXOCYTOSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34248143947     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2007.01.006     Document Type: Review

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