Using expression profiles of Caenorhabditis elegans neurons to identify genes that mediate synaptic connectivity

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Baruch, Leehod ^a   Itzkovitz, Shalev ^a   Golan Mashiach, Michal ^a   Shapiro, Ehud ^a   Segal, Eran ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMICAL SYNAPSE; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSIS; ELEGANS; EXPRESSION PATTERNS; EXPRESSION PROFILE; MOLECULAR MARKER; NEURONAL CONNECTIVITY; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; SYNAPTIC CONNECTIVITY;

NEURONS;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; NEURONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 48249105899     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000120     Document Type: Article

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