Dynamically-expressed prion-like proteins form a cuticle in the pharynx of Caenorhabditis elegans

Biology Open

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1139-1149

  George Raizen, Julia B ^a   Shockley, Keith R ^b   Trojanowski, Nicholas F ^a   Lamb, Annesia L ^a,c   Raizen, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

ABU ; Amyloid; C. Elegans; Cuticle; Innate immunity; Larvae; Molting; PQN; Unfolded protein response

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979746810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20147500     Document Type: Article

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