A β-catenin-dependent Wnt pathway mediates anteroposterior axon guidance in C. elegans motor neurons

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Maro, Géraldine S ^a   Klassen, Matthew P ^b   Shen, Kang ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AXIN; BETA CATENIN; DISHEVELLED PROTEIN; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; LIN 23 PROTEIN; LIN 44 PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LIN 17 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; LIN-17 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DISRUPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH INHIBITION; MOTONEURON; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; MUTATION; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AXONS; BETA CATENIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 62249126490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004690     Document Type: Article

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