EVA-1 Functions as an UNC-40 Co-receptor to Enhance Attraction to the MADD-4 Guidance Cue in Caenorhabditis elegans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Chan, Kevin Ka Ming ^a   Seetharaman, Ashwin ^a,b   Bagg, Rachel ^a   Selman, Guillermo ^a   Zhang, Yuqian ^a   Kim, Joowan ^a   Roy, Peter J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; NETRIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN EVA 1; PROTEIN MADD 4; PROTEIN UNC 40; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; EVA-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MADD-4 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; NERVE PROTEIN; UNC-40 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MOTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AXONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS;

EID: 84931581999     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004521     Document Type: Article

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