Sensory Regulation of C. elegans Male Mate-Searching Behavior

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 1865-1871

  Barrios, Arantza ^a   Nurrish, Stephen ^b   Emmons, Scott W ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 57649101517     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.10.050     Document Type: Article

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