A conserved juxtacrine signal regulates synaptic partner recognition in Caenorhabditis elegans

Neural Development

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Park, Joori ^a   Knezevich, Philip L ^a   Wung, William ^a   O'Hanlon, Shanté N ^a   Goyal, Akshi ^a   Benedetti, Kelli L ^a   Barsi Rhyne, Benjamin J ^a   Raman, Mekala ^a   Mock, Natalyn ^a   Bremer, Martina ^a   VanHoven, Miri K ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROLIGIN 1; UNC 40 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; UNC 6 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; UNC-40 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; UNC-6 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INTERNEURON; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NERVE TRACT; NEURITE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOSOME; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOVEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTERNEURONS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURITES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 79958159139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8104-6-28     Document Type: Article

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