2015
Untwisting the Caenorhabditis elegans embryo
Christensen RP, Bokinsky A, Santella A, Wu Y, Marquina-Solis J, Guo M, Kovacevic I, Kumar A, Winter PW, Tashakkori N, McCreedy E, Liu H, McAuliffe M, Mohler W, Colón-Ramos D, Bao Z, Shroff H. Untwisting the Caenorhabditis elegans embryo. ELife 2015, 4: e10070. PMID: 26633880, PMCID: PMC4764590, DOI: 10.7554/elife.10070.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCaenorhabditis elegansLate embryogenesisSeam cell nucleiSingle cell developmentNematode Caenorhabditis elegansEmbryonic nervous systemSystems-level viewWorm embryoInaccessible periodDevelopmental eventsCell developmentEmbryogenesisCell nucleiPositional informationElegansEmbryosLive embryosNeurodevelopmental eventsEmbryo movementAnnotation softwareCellsNervous systemEnough neuronsDetailed positional informationNeurons
2013
Serotonergic Neurosecretory Synapse Targeting Is Controlled by Netrin-Releasing Guidepost Neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans
Nelson JC, Colón-Ramos DA. Serotonergic Neurosecretory Synapse Targeting Is Controlled by Netrin-Releasing Guidepost Neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal Of Neuroscience 2013, 33: 1366-1376. PMID: 23345213, PMCID: PMC3584569, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3471-12.2012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUNC-34/EnabledReceptor UNC-40/DCCUNC-6/NetrinUNC-40/DCCNetrin receptor UNC-40/DCCCaenorhabditis elegansUNC-40NSM neuronsSynapse targetingMolecular linkMolecular mechanismsNovel mechanismSpatial specificitySite targetsRelease sitesNetrinPostsynaptic partnersSite formationRing neuronsSpecific regionsTargetingCaenorhabditisElegansLamellipodinGuidepost neurons