UNC-73/trio rhoGEF-2 activity modulates Caenorhabditis elegans motility through changes in neurotransmitter signaling upstream of the GSA-1/Gα s pathway

Genetics

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 137-151

  Hu, Shuang ^a   Pawson, Tony ^b,c   Steven, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDICARB; DNA FRAGMENT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ISOPROTEIN; LEVAMISOLE; NEUROPEPTIDE; RAC PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GS; LOCOMOTION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RAB2 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA C VIRUS;

EID: 80052666837     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.111.131227     Document Type: Article

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