Caenorhabditis elegans male copulation circuitry incorporates sex-shared defecation components to promote intromission and sperm transfer

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 647-662

  LeBoeuf, Brigitte ^a   Garcia, L Rene ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channelrhodopsin2; G CaMP; Intestine; Neuropeptides; Wiring diagram

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALCIUM; CALCIUM DEPENDENT ACTIVATOR PROTEIN FOR SECRETION; CELL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALMODULIN;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DEFECATION; EJACULATION; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HERMAPHRODITE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALMODULIN; COPULATION; DEFECATION; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 85012914813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.116.036756     Document Type: Article

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