Revisiting Neuronal Cell Type Classification in Caenorhabditis elegans

Current Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 2016, Pages R1197-R1203

  Hobert, Oliver ^a   Glenwinkel, Lori ^a   White, John ^b  

^a HHMI ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; NEURONS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84997171460     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.027     Document Type: Review

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