Pharmacogenetic analysis reveals a post-developmental role for Rac GTPases in Caenorhabditis elegans GABAergic neurotransmission

Genetics

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1357-1372

  Locke, Cody J ^a,c   Kautu, Bwarenaba B ^a   Berry, Kalen P ^a   Lee, S Kyle ^a   Caldwell, Kim A ^a,b   Caldwell, Guy A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ACTIN; ALDICARB; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PENTETRAZOLE; RAC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE MUTATION; MICROTUBULE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOGENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT VESICLE;

ALDICARB; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; DYNEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INTEGRINS; LARVA; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PHARMACOGENETICS; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEIZURES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 71549147196     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.109.106880     Document Type: Article

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