Activation of EGL-47, a Gαo-coupled receptor, inhibits function of hermaphrodite-specific motor neurons to regulate Caenorhabditis elegans egg-laying behavior

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 39, 2004, Pages 8522-8530

  Moresco, James J ^a   Koelle, Michael R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Egg laying behavior; EGL 47; G o; G protein coupled receptor; HSN neuron

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; EGG LAYING PROTEIN 47; G ALPHA O GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HERMAPHRODITE SPECIFIC NEURON; HERMAPHRODITISM; KNOCKOUT GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHEMORECEPTORS; FEMALE; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GI-GO; HERMAPHRODITISM; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; NEURAL INHIBITION; OVIPOSITION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENES;

EID: 4744342385     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1915-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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