UNC-64 and RIC-4, the plasma membrane-associated SNAREs syntaxin and SNAP-25, regulate fat storage in nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Neuroscience Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 104-116

  Wu, Qiu Li ^a   Rui, Qi ^a   He, Ke Wen ^a   Shen, Lu Lu ^a   Wang, Da Yong ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans 1; Fat storage; RIC 4; Synaptic function; UNC 64

Indexed keywords

HORMONE RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR; SNARE PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN RECEPTOR; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; SYNTAXIN 64; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; INTESTINE CELL; LIPID STORAGE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AZO COMPOUNDS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FATS; GENOTYPE; INSULIN; INTESTINES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; OXAZINES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; SYNTAXIN 1;

EID: 77953523419     PISSN: 16737067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-010-9182-5     Document Type: Article

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