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ROP-1, an RNA quality-control pathway component, affects Caenorhabditis elegans dauer formation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 21 Nov 2000
Labbé J C, Burgess J, Rokeach L A, Hekimi S
Abstract excerpt
Caenorhabditis elegans dauer formation is an alternative larval developmental pathway that the worm can take when environmental conditions become detrimental. Animals can survive several months in this stress-resistant stage and can resume normal development when growth conditions improve. Although the worms integrate a variety of sensory information to commit to dauer formation, it is currently unknown whether...
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