Chapter 4 A Network of G-Protein Signaling Pathways Control Neuronal Activity in C. elegans

Advances in Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue , 2009, Pages 145-192

  Perez Mansilla, Borja ^a   Nurrish, Stephen ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; NERVE NET; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 67650215189     PISSN: 00652660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2660(09)65004-5     Document Type: Review

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