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- Title
Genetic Analysis of the Caenorhabditis elegans pax-6 Locus: Roles of Paired Domain-Containing and Nonpaired Domain-Containing Isoforms.
- Authors
Cinar, Hediye Nese; Chisholm, Andrew D.
- Abstract
PAX-6 proteins are involved in eye and brain development in many animals. In the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans the pax-6 locus encodes multiple PAX-6 isoforms both with and without a paired domain. Mutations in the C. elegans pax-6 locus can be grouped into three classes. Mutations that affect paired domain-containing isoforms cause defects in epidermal morphogenesis, epidermal cell fates, and gonad cell migration and define the class I (vab-3) complementation group. The class II mutation mab-18(bx23) affects nonpaired domain-containing isoforms and transforms the fate of a sensory organ in the male tail. Class III mutations affect both paired domain and nonpaired domain isoforms; the most severe class III mutations are candidate null mutations in pax-6. Class III mutant phenotypes do not resemble a simple sum of class I and class II phenotypes. A comparison of class I and class III phenotypes indicates that PAX-6 isoforms can interact additively, synergistically, or antagonistically, depending on the cellular context.
- Subjects
CAENORHABDITIS elegans; MICROBIAL proteins; MICROBIAL mutation; PHENOTYPES; GENETICS
- Publication
Genetics, 2004, Vol 168, Issue 3, p1307
- ISSN
0016-6731
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1534/genetics.104.031724