Article
Lateral signaling mediated by axon contact and calcium entry regulates asymmetric odorant receptor expression in C. elegans.
Cell - 12 Nov 1999
Troemel E R, Sagasti A, Bargmann C I
Abstract excerpt
C. elegans detects several odorants with the bilaterally symmetric pair of AWC olfactory neurons. A stochastic, coordinated decision ensures that the candidate odorant receptor gene str-2 is expressed in only one AWC neuron in each animal--either the left or the right neuron, but never both. An interaction between the two AWC neurons generates asymmetric str-2 expression in a process that requires normal axon...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.