Article
Cell architecture: surrounding muscle cells shape gland cell morphology in the Caenorhabditis elegans pharynx.
Genetics - 1 Nov 2011
Raharjo Wahyu Hendrati, Ghai Vikas, Dineen Aidan, Bastiani Michael, Gaudet Jeb
Abstract excerpt
The acquisition and maintenance of shape is critical for the normal function of most cells. Here we investigate the morphology of the pharyngeal glands of Caenorhabditis elegans. These unicellular glands have long cellular processes that extend discrete lengths through the pharyngeal musculature and terminate at ducts connected to the pharyngeal lumen. From a genetic screen we identified several mutants that...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Hypertrophy
- Lasers
- Membrane Proteins
- Models, Biological
- Muscle Cells
- Pharyngeal Muscles