MPK-1 ERK Controls Membrane Organization in C. elegans Oogenesis via a Sex-Determination Module
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MPK-1 ERK controls membrane organization in C. elegans oogenesis via a sex-determination module.
Tissues that generate specialized cell types in a production line must coordinate developmental mechanisms with physiological demand, although how this occurs is largely unknown. In the Caenorhabditis elegans hermaphrodite, the developmental sex-determination cascade specifies gamete sex in the distal germline, while physiological sperm signaling activates MPK-1/ERK in the proximal germline to ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Developmental Cell
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1534-5807
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2011.04.009