"Caenorhabditis elegans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A species of nematode that is widely used in biological, biochemical, and genetic studies.
| Descriptor ID |
D017173
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.500.294.400.875.660.250.250
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Caenorhabditis elegans" by people in Profiles.
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Discovery and functional prioritization of Parkinson's disease candidate genes from large-scale whole exome sequencing. Genome Biol. 2017 01 30; 18(1):22.
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Functional links between Aß toxicity, endocytic trafficking, and Alzheimer's disease risk factors in yeast. Science. 2011 Dec 02; 334(6060):1241-5.
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The Drosophila homolog of C. elegans PAR-1 organizes the oocyte cytoskeleton and directs oskar mRNA localization to the posterior pole. Cell. 2000 May 12; 101(4):377-88.
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Frizzled signaling and the developmental control of cell polarity. Trends Genet. 1998 Nov; 14(11):452-8.