The invertebrate microtubule-associated protein PTL-1 functions in mechanosensation and development in Caenorhabditis elegans

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 218, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 541-551

  Gordon, Patricia ^a   Hingula, Lee ^a   Krasny, Michelle L ^a   Swienckowski, Jessica L ^a   Pokrywka, Nancy J ^a   Raley Susman, Kathleen M ^a  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Microtubule associated protein; Neuron; Tau; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; GENE PRODUCT; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PROTEIN MEC12; PROTEIN MEC7; PROTEIN PTL 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; KNOCKOUT GENE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SENSATION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TOUCH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LARVA; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; OVUM; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TAU PROTEINS; TOUCH;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 54049141614     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-008-0250-z     Document Type: Article

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