A dominant mutation in mec-7/βtubulin affects axon development and regeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans neurons

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 285-296

  Kirszenblat, Leonie ^a   Neumann, Brent ^a   Coakley, Sean ^a   Hilliard, Massimo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; COLLAPSIN RESPONSE MEDIATOR PROTEIN 2; PACLITAXEL;

ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; MEC 7 GENE; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GROWTH; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; COLCHICINE; GENES, DOMINANT; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MUTATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURITES; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNAPSES; TUBULIN; TUBULIN MODULATORS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 84873347010     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: 19394586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E12-06-0441     Document Type: Article

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