Chemosensory neurons function in parallel to mediate a pheromone response in C. elegans.

doi:10.1016/s0896-6273(00)80203-2

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Chemosensory neurons function in parallel to mediate a pheromone response in C. elegans.

Neuron - 1 Oct 1996

Schackwitz W S, Inoue T, Thomas J H

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Formation of the C. elegans dauer larva is repressed by the chemosensory neurons ADF, ASI, and ASG. Mutant analysis has defined two parallel genetic pathways that control dauer formation. By killing neurons in these mutants, we show that mutations in one of these genetic pathways disrupt dauer re...

Topics

Animals
Caenorhabditis elegans
Gene Expression
Genes, Helminth
Green Fluorescent Proteins
Helminth Proteins
Luminescent Proteins
Models, Genetic
Mutagenesis
Neurons, Afferent
Phenotype
Pheromones
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
Transforming Growth Factor beta

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