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Genes critical for muscle development and function in Caenorhabditis elegans identified through lethal mutations.
The Journal of cell biology - 1 Feb 1994
Williams B D, Waterston R H
Abstract excerpt
By taking advantage of a lethal phenotype characteristic of Caenorhabditis elegans embryos that fail to move, we have identified 13 genes required for muscle assembly and function and discovered a new lethal class of alleles for three previously known muscle-affecting genes. By staining mutant embryos for myosin and actin we have recognized five distinct classes of genes: mutations in four genes disrupt the...
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