Knockout of the folate transporter folt-1 causes germline and somatic defects in C. elegans

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Austin, Misa U ^a   Liau, Wei Siang ^a,b   Balamurugan, Krishnaswamy ^c,d,e   Ashokkumar, Balasubramaniem ^c,d   Said, Hamid M ^c,d   Lamunyon, Craig W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MUS; NEMATODA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; FOLIC ACID; FOLT 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; FOLT-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; HERMAPHRODITISM; LONGEVITY; MALE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FOLIC ACID; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GERM CELLS; HERMAPHRODITISM; LONGEVITY; MALE; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS;

EID: 77952866126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-10-46     Document Type: Article

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