Touch receptor development and function in Caenorhabditis elegans.

doi:10.1002/neu.480241013

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Touch receptor development and function in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Journal of neurobiology - 1 Oct 1993

Chalfie M

Abstract excerpt

Mutations causing a touch-insensitive phenotype in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans have been the basis of studies on the specification of neuronal cell fate, inherited neurodegeneration, and the molecular nature of mechanosensory transduction.

Topics

Aging
Animals
Caenorhabditis elegans
Cell Differentiation
Mechanoreceptors
Microtubules
Mutation
Sensation
Sensory Receptor Cells
Touch

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