Neuropeptide GPCRs in C. Elegans

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue DEC, 2012, Pages

  Frooninckx, Lotte ^a   Rompay, LiesbethVan ^a   Temmerman, Liesbet ^a   Sinay, ElienVan ^a   Beets, Isabel ^a   Janssen, Tom ^a   Husson, Steven J ^a   Schoofs, Liliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; G protein coupled receptor; GPCR deorphanization; Nematoda; Neuropeptidergic signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874446232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2012.00167     Document Type: Review

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