Gαo and Gαq regulate the expression of daf-7, a TGFβ-like gene, in Caenorhabditis elegans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Myers, Edith M ^a  

^a FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAF 7 GENE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; EGL 30 GENE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GOA 1 GENE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; SENSORY NERVE CELL; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL SHAPE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HELMINTH; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GI-GO; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GQ-G11; LARVA; MUTATION; STARVATION; TEMPERATURE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84863847008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040368     Document Type: Article

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