DAF-7/TGF-beta expression required for the normal larval development in C. elegans is controlled by a presumed guanylyl cyclase DAF-11. |
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Authors: | M Murakami M Koga Y Ohshima |
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Institution: | Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University Graduate School, Hakozaki, 812-8581, Fukuoka, Japan. |
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Abstract: | In C. elegans development, unfavorable growth conditions lead a larva to an arrested and enduring form called a dauer. To elucidate components upstream of DAF-7/TGF-beta in this control pathway, we isolated a mutant that was defective in daf-7 promoter::gfp reporter expression and showed an arrested (dauer-constitutive) phenotype. It has a new mutation in the daf-11 gene encoding a transmembrane guanylyl cyclase. We show that daf-11 gene and a related gene daf-21 act upstream of daf-7, and cilium-related genes che-2 and che-3 are placed between daf-11 and daf-7, in the genetic pathway controlling dauer formation. Expression of daf-11 cDNA by cell specific promoters suggests that daf-11 acts cell autonomously in ASI chemosensory neurons for daf-7 expression. |
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