The C. elegans M3 neuron guides the growth cone of its sister cell M2 via the Krüppel-like zinc finger protein MNM-2

Developmental Biology

Volumn 311, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 185-199

  Rauthan, Manish ^a   Mörck, Catarina ^b   Pilon, Marc ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; C. elegans; Growth cone; Kr ppel like factor; mnm 2; Neuron differentiation; Pharynx; Sp1 factor

Indexed keywords

KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH CONE; MNM 2 GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 35348884255     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.08.037     Document Type: Article

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