A dominant mutation in a neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit leads to motor neuron degeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 42, 2010, Pages 13932-13942

  Barbagallo, Belinda ^a   Prescott, Hilary A ^a   Boyle, Patrick ^a   Climer, Jason ^a   Francis, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALNEXIN; CALRETICULIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; MUTANT PROTEIN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; GENE MUTATION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALNEXIN; CALRETICULIN; CELL DEATH; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEOSTASIS; ION CHANNELS; LOCOMOTION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; PARALYSIS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77958615935     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1515-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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