Neuronally expressed Ras-family GTPase Di-Ras modulates synaptic activity in Caenorhabditis elegans

Genes to Cells

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 778-789

  Tada, Minoru ^a,b   Gengyo Ando, Keiko ^c,d,e   Kobayashi, Tetsuo ^a,f   Fukuyama, Masamitsu ^a   Mitani, Shohei ^c,d   Kontani, Kenji ^a   Katada, Toshiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALDICARB; DI RAS PROTEIN; DIACYLGLYCEROL; EPAC 1 PROTEIN; LEVAMISOLE; MUTANT PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SECOND MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UPREGULATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALDICARB; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GI-GO; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE DELETION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84865538480     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: 13652443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2012.01627.x     Document Type: Article

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