The roles of multiple UNC-40 (DCC) receptor-mediated signals in determining neuronal asymmetry induced by the UNC-6 (netrin) ligand

Genetics

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 941-949

  Xu, Zhennan ^a   Li, Haichang ^a   Wadsworth, William G ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; NETRIN; UNC 40 RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AXONS; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 72449191734     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.109.108654     Document Type: Article

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