MEX-3 is a KH domain protein that regulates blastomere identity in early C. elegans embryos.
摘要:
After the first division of the C. elegans embryo, the posterior blastomere can produce numerous muscles while the anterior blastomere cannot. We show here that maternal-effect lethal mutations in the gene mex-3 cause descendants of the anterior blastomere to produce muscles by a pattern of development similar to that of a descendant of the wild-type posterior blastomere. mex-3 encodes a probable RNA-binding protein that is distributed unequally in early embryos and that is a component of germline-specific granules called P granules. We propose that MEX-3 contributes to anterior–posterior asymmetry by regulating one or more mRNAs involved in specifying the fate of the posterior blastomere.
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Animals Humans Blastomeres Muscles Caenorhabditis elegans Cytoplasm Cytoplasmic Granules Helminth Proteins Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins RNA-Binding Proteins
DOI:
10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81339-2
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1996





































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