Article
Identification of genes that regulate a left-right asymmetric neuronal migration in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Genetics - 1 Aug 2003
Ch'ng QueeLim, Williams Lisa, Lie Yung S, Sym Mary, Whangbo Jennifer, Kenyon Cynthia
Abstract excerpt
In C. elegans, cells of the QL and QR neuroblast lineages migrate with left-right asymmetry; QL and its descendants migrate posteriorly whereas QR and its descendants migrate anteriorly. One key step in generating this asymmetry is the expression of the Hox gene mab-5 in the QL descendants but not in the QR descendants. This asymmetry appears to be coupled to the asymmetric polarizations and movements of QL and...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Body Patterning
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
- Cell Lineage
- Cell Movement
- Ethyl Methanesulfonate
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
