Multiple levels of redundant processes inhibit Caenorhabditis elegans vulval cell fates.

doi:10.1534/genetics.108.092197

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Multiple levels of redundant processes inhibit Caenorhabditis elegans vulval cell fates.

Genetics - 1 Aug 2008

Andersen Erik C, Saffer Adam M, Horvitz H Robert

Abstract excerpt

Many mutations cause obvious abnormalities only when combined with other mutations. Such synthetic interactions can be the result of redundant gene functions. In Caenorhabditis elegans, the synthetic multivulva (synMuv) genes have been grouped into multiple classes that redundantly inhibit vulval...

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Animals
Caenorhabditis elegans
Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
Epidermal Growth Factor
Female
Genes, Helminth
Mutation
Phenotype
RNA, Messenger
Temperature
Vulva

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