Interacting genes required for pharyngeal excitation by motor neuron MC in Caenorhabditis elegans.

doi:10.1093/genetics/141.4.1365

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Interacting genes required for pharyngeal excitation by motor neuron MC in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Genetics - 1 Dec 1995

Raizen D M, Lee R Y, Avery L

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We studied the control of pharyngeal excitation in Caenorhabditis elegans. By laser ablating subsets of the pharyngeal nervous system, we found that the MC neuron type is necessary and probably sufficient for rapid pharyngeal pumping. Electropharyngeograms showed that MC transmits excitatory post...

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Animals
Caenorhabditis elegans
Female
Genes, Helminth
Male
Motor Neurons
Mutation
Pharynx

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