Caenorhabditis elegans Muscleblind homolog mbl-1 functions in neurons to regulate synapse formation

Neural Development

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Spilker, Kerri A ^a   Wang, George J ^a   Tugizova, Madina S ^a   Shen, Kang ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; MUSCLEBLIND PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENETICS; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84862827639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8104-7-7     Document Type: Article

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