Claudin Family Proteins in Caenorhabditis elegans

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 762, Issue , 2011, Pages 147-169

  Simske, Jeffrey S ^b   Hardin, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Actomyosin; Caenorhabditis elegans; Claudin; CLC 1; Epithelia; Junctions; Morphogenesis; Neuronal symmetry; NSY 4; VAB 9

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CLAUDIN; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VAB 9 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; VAB-9 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ADHESION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; CLAUDINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79960716090     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-185-7_11     Document Type: Chapter

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