Functions of the Caenorhabditis elegans regulatory myosin light chain genes mlc-1 and mlc-2.

doi:10.1093/genetics/150.3.1067

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Functions of the Caenorhabditis elegans regulatory myosin light chain genes mlc-1 and mlc-2.

Genetics - 1 Nov 1998

Rushforth A M, White C C, Anderson P

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Caenorhabditis elegans contains two muscle regulatory myosin light chain genes, mlc-1 and mlc-2. To determine their in vivo roles, we identified deletions that eliminate each gene individually and both genes in combination. Functions of mlc-1 are redundant to those of mlc-2 in both body-wall and...

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Animals
Caenorhabditis elegans
Gene Expression Regulation
Mutation
Myosin Light Chains

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