Receptor guanylyl cyclases in sensory processing

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 7, Issue JAN, 2017, Pages

  Maruyama, Ichiro N ^a  

^a OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavior; C. elegans; Dauer formation; Gustation; Olfaction; Phototransduction; Thermosensation

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; GUANYLYL CYCLASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HEAT SENSATION; INVERTEBRATE MODEL; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELLING; TASTE;

EID: 85011924555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2016.00173     Document Type: Review

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