Fishing lines, time-delayed guideposts, and other tricks used by developing pharyngeal neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 237, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2073-2080

  Pilon, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Axon; Caenorhabditis elegans; Dendrite; Growth cone; Guidepost cell; Hex; Kr ppel like factor; mnm 2; pha 2; Pharynx

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYTOSKELETON; GROWTH CONE; MOTONEURON; MUTATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CORD; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PERISTALSIS; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; NEURONS; PHARYNX;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 49449113648     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21636     Document Type: Review

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