Neuronal Target Identification Requires AHA-1-Mediated Fine-Tuning of Wnt Signaling in C. elegans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Jingyan ^a,b   Li, Xia ^a   Jevince, Angela R ^c   Guan, Liying ^a   Wang, Jiaming ^a,b   Hall, David H ^c   Huang, Xun ^a   Ding, Mei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AHA 1 PROTEIN; AHR 1 PROTEIN; CAM 1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

AHA 1 GENE; AHR 1 GENE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAM 1 GENE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTERNEURON; MECHANORECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL COMMUNICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; GAP JUNCTIONS; INTERNEURONS; MECHANORECEPTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE-LIKE ORPHAN RECEPTORS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84879619036     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003618     Document Type: Article

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