A Network of HSPG Core Proteins and HS Modifying Enzymes Regulates Netrin-Dependent Guidance of D-Type Motor Neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Gysi, Stephan ^a   Rhiner, Christa ^b   Flibotte, Stephane ^c   Moerman, Donald G ^c   Hengartner, Michael O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; GLYPICAN; HEPARAN SULFATE MODIFYING ENZYME; NETRIN; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE; SYNDECAN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE DPY 21; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIN 35 GENE; MOTONEURON; MUTANT; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OXIS12 GENE; PHENOTYPE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSGENE; X CHROMOSOME; ZFP 1 GENE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; HEPARAN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCANS; HEPARITIN SULFATE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS;

EID: 84884185123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074908     Document Type: Article

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