Defects in tRNA modification associated with neurological and developmental dysfunctions in Caenorhabditis elegans elongator mutants

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Changchun ^a   Tuck, Simon ^b   Byström, Anders S ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NEUROPEPTIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSFER RNA; 5 CARBAMOYLMETHYLURIDINE; 5 METHOXYCARBONYLMETHYLURIDINE; 5-CARBAMOYLMETHYLURIDINE; 5-METHOXYCARBONYLMETHYLURIDINE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; TUBULIN; URIDINE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; RNA TRANSLATION; ACETYLATION; ANIMAL; CONFORMATION; FERTILITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE; TUBULIN; URIDINE;

EID: 68249089400     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000561     Document Type: Article

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