GCY-8, PDE-2, and NCS-1 are critical elements of the cGMP-dependent thermotransduction cascade in the AFD neurons responsible for C. elegans thermotaxis

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 437-449

  Wang, Dong ^a   O'Halloran, Damien ^b,c   Goodman, Miriam B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE 2; FREQUENIN CALCIUM SENSOR PROTEINS; GCY 8 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; GCY-8 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NCS 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; NCS-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; NEURONAL CALCIUM SENSOR; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENETICS; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THERMORECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASES, TYPE 2; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CATION CHANNELS; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; LOCOMOTION; MUTATION; NEURONAL CALCIUM-SENSOR PROTEINS; NEUROPEPTIDES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERMORECEPTORS; THERMOSENSING;

EID: 84885435676     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201310959     Document Type: Article

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