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C. elegans GLA-3 is a novel component of the MAP kinase MPK-1 signaling pathway required for germ cell survival.
Genes & development - 15 Aug 2006
Kritikou Ekaterini A, Milstein Stuart, Vidalain Pierre-Olivier, Lettre Guillaume, Bogan Erica, Doukoumetzidis Kimon, Gray Phillip, Chappell Thomas G, Vidal Marc, Hengartner Michael O
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During oocyte development in Caenorhabditis elegans, approximately half of all developing germ cells undergo apoptosis. While this process is evolutionarily conserved from worms to humans, the regulators of germ cell death are still largely unknown. In a genetic screen for novel genes involved in germline apoptosis in Caenorhabditis elegans, we identified and cloned gla-3. Loss of gla-3 function results in...
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