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A histone H4 lysine 20 methyltransferase couples environmental cues to sensory neuron control of developmental plasticity.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Apr 2017
Delaney Colin E, Chen Albert T, Graniel Jacqueline V, Dumas Kathleen J, Hu Patrick J
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Animals change developmental fates in response to external cues. In the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, unfavorable environmental conditions induce a state of diapause known as dauer by inhibiting the conserved DAF-2 insulin-like signaling (ILS) pathway through incompletely understood mechanisms. We have previously established a role for the C. elegans dosage compensation protein DPY-21 in the control of dauer...
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