The Conserved SKN-1/Nrf2 Stress Response Pathway Regulates Synaptic Function in Caenorhabditis elegans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Staab, Trisha A ^a   Griffen, Trevor C ^a   Corcoran, Connor ^a   Evgrafov, Oleg ^a   Knowles, James A ^a   Sieburth, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; PROTEIN WDR 23; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INTESTINE; LOCOMOTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RNA SEQUENCE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ARSENITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CULLIN PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84875999410     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003354     Document Type: Article

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