UNC-6 and UNC-40 promote dendritic growth through PAR-4 in Caenorhabditis elegans neurons

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-173

  Teichmann, Hannah M ^a   Shen, Kang ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELETED IN COLORECTAL CANCER PROTEIN; NETRIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE LKB1; RECEPTOR; UNC 5 RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL MOVEMENT; DENDRITES; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79251598887     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2717     Document Type: Conference Paper

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