Sex-specific pruning of neuronal synapses in Caenorhabditis elegans

Nature

Volumn 533, Issue , 2016, Pages 206-211

  Oren Suissa, Meital ^a   Bayer, Emily A ^a   Hobert, Oliver ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; DSX PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

CONNECTIVITY; DIMORPHISM; HERMAPHRODITE; HYBRID; MATURATION; NEMATODE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PRUNING;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOLOGY; DISORDER OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SYNAPSES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84968724628     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature17977     Document Type: Article

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