Regulation of C. elegans presynaptic differentiation and neurite branching via a novel signaling pathway initiated by SAM-10

Development

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-96

  Zheng, Qun ^a   Schaefer, Anneliese M ^a   Nonet, Michael L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Branch positioning; C. elegans; Neurite branching; SAM 10; Synapse differentiation; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; LIM DOMAIN BINDING PROTEIN; LIM PROTEIN; PROTEIN SAM 10; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICROSCOPY; NEURITES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNAPSES;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 78650747910     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.055350     Document Type: Article

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