Article
The mab-21 gene of Caenorhabditis elegans encodes a novel protein required for choice of alternate cell fates.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Nov 1995
Chow K L, Hall D H, Emmons S W
Abstract excerpt
The gene mab-21, which encodes a novel protein of 386 amino acids, is required for the choice of alternate cell fates by several cells in the C. elegans male tail. Three cells descended from the ray 6 precursor cell adopt fates of anterior homologs, and a fourth, lineally unrelated hypodermal cell is transformed into a neuroblast. The affected cells lie together in the lateral tail epidermis, suggesting that...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Lineage
- Cloning, Molecular
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
- Genes, Helminth
- Genes, Homeobox
- Helminth Proteins
- Male
- Microscopy, Electron
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Morphogenesis
- Mosaicism