The doublecortin-related gene zyg-8 is a microtubule organizer in Caenorhabditis elegans neurons

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 125, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 5379-5390

  Bellanger, Jean Michel ^a   Cueva, Juan G ^b   Baran, Renee ^c   Tang, Garland ^c   Goodman, Miriam B ^b   Debant, Anne ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Doublecortin; Microtubule; Touch receptor neuron

Indexed keywords

DOUBLECORTIN; PROTEIN ZYG 8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; COLCHICINE; DOUBLECORTIN PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; ZYG8 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TOUCH; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER; MUTATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SYNAPSE VESICLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURVIVAL; COLCHICINE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENES, HELMINTH; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULE-ORGANIZING CENTER; MUTATION; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; TOUCH;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873554120     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.108381     Document Type: Article

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