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Pioneer Axon Guidance by UNC-129, a C. elegans TGF-β
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The unc-129 gene, like the unc-6 netrin gene, is required to guide pioneer motoraxons along the dorsoventral axis of Caenorhabditis elegans . unc-129 encodes a member of the transforming growth factor–β (TGF-β) superfamily of secreted signaling molecules and is expressed in dorsal, but not ventral, rows of body wall muscles. Ectopic expression of UNC-129 from ventral body wall muscle disrupts growth cone and cell migrations that normally occur along the dorsoventral axis. Thus, UNC-129 mediates expression of dorsoventral polarity information required for axon guidance and guided cell migrations in C. elegans .
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- Colavita, A., Krishna, S., Zheng, H., Padgett, R. W., & Culotti, J. G.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1998-07-31
- Volume
- 281
- Issue
- 5377
- Pages
- 706-709
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
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- W2037525283
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- 222
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- 5.74
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- journal article
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- en
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- hybrid
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