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MAP kinase signaling antagonizes PAR-1 function during polarization of the early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo.
Genetics - 1 Nov 2009
Spilker Annina C, Rabilotta Alexia, Zbinden Caroline, Labbé Jean-Claude, Gotta Monica
Abstract excerpt
PAR proteins (partitioning defective) are major regulators of cell polarity and asymmetric cell division. One of the par genes, par-1, encodes a Ser/Thr kinase that is conserved from yeast to mammals. In Caenorhabditis elegans, par-1 governs asymmetric cell division by ensuring the polar distribution of cell fate determinants. However the precise mechanisms by which PAR-1 regulates asymmetric cell division in C....
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