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MEC-12, an α-tubulin required for touch sensitivity in C. elegans

1 Feb 1999

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mec-12 is one of a dozen genes required for touch receptor neuron function in Caenorhabditis elegans. Some mec-12 mutants (mechanosensory-defective) lack the large-diameter microtubules that are characteristic of these neurons (15 protofilaments, as opposed to 11). Mutants of mec-7, a alpha-tubulin encoding gene, have a similar phenotype. We have identified the nature of mec-12 by germline transformation rescue...

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PMID: 9885292
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.112.3.395

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