Caenorhabditis elegans exhibit a coupling between the defecation motor program and directed locomotion

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Nagy, Stanislav ^a   Huang, Yung Chi ^b   Alkema, Mark J ^b   Biron, David ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DEFECATION; EXOCYTOSIS; INTESTINE; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SECRETORY VESICLE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DEFECATION; EXOCYTOSIS; INTESTINES; LOCOMOTION; SECRETORY VESICLES;

EID: 84948185038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep17174     Document Type: Article

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