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Two cytochrome P450s in Caenorhabditis elegans are essential for the organization of eggshell, correct execution of meiosis and the polarization of embryo.
Mechanisms of development - 1 Jan 2000
Benenati Gaspare, Penkov Sider, Müller-Reichert Thomas, Entchev Eugeni V, Kurzchalia Teymuras V
Abstract excerpt
The role of lipids in the process of embryonic development of Caenorhabditis elegans is still poorly understood. Cytochrome P450s, a class of lipid-modifying enzymes, are good candidates to be involved in the production or degradation of lipids essential for development. We investigated two highly similar cytochrome P450s in C. elegans, cyp-31A2 and cyp-31A3, that are homologs of the gene responsible for Bietti...
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