Caenorhabditis elegans VEM-1, a novel membrane protein, regulates the guidance of ventral nerve cord-associated axons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 41, 2004, Pages 9015-9026

  Runko, Erik ^a,b   Kaprielian, Zaven ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Kennedy Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

AVG; glr 1; Pioneer; unc 40; VEM 1; Vema; VNC

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLR 1 PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SAX 3 PROTEIN; UNC 40 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEM 1 PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTANT; NEMATODE; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPTIC CHIASM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPINAL CORD;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENES, REPORTER; INTERNEURONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 5644224368     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2385-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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