Worm Breeder's Gazette 15(2): 7 (February 1, 1998)
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2874 Evans D;Zorio D;MacMorris M;Winter CE;Lea K;Blumenthal T Operons and SL2 trans-splicing exist in nematodes outside the genus Caenorhabditis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 94: 9751-9756 1997 ARTICLE 2875 Morrison M;Harris KS;Roth MB smg mutants affect the expression of alternatively spliced SR protein mRNAs in Caenorhabditis elegans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 94: 9782-9785 1997 ARTICLE 2876 Hobert O;Mori I;Yamashita Y;Honda H;Ohshima Y;Liu Y;Ruvkun G Regulation of interneuron function in the C. elegans thermoregulatory pathway by the ttx-3 LIM homeobox gene. Neuron 19: 345-357 1997 ARTICLE 2877 Schnabel R Why does a nematode have an invariant cell lineage? Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 8: 341-349 1997 REVIEW 2878 Zipkin ID;Kindt RM;Kenyon CJ Role of a new Rho family member in cell migration and axon guidance in C. elegans. Cell 90: 883-894 1997 ARTICLE 2879 Wolstenholme AJ Glutamate-gated Cl- channels in Caenorhabditis elegans and parasitic nematodes. Biochemical Society Transactions 25: 830-834 1997 ARTICLE 2880 Jansen G;Hazendonk E;Thijssen KL;Plasterk RHA Reverse genetics by chemical mutagenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature Genetics 17: 119-121 1997 ARTICLE 2881 Plasterk RHA The Tc1/Mariner transposon family. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology 204: 125-143 1997 REVIEW 2882 Peter ME;Medema JP;Krammer PH Does the Caenorhabditis elegans protein CED-4 contain a region of homology to the mammalian death effector domain? Cell Death & Differentiation 4: 523-525 1997 ARTICLE 2883 Baldwin JG;Frisse LM;Vida JT;Eddleman CD;Thomas WK An evolutionary framework for the study of developmental evolution in a set of nematodes related to Caenorhabditis elegans. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 8: 249-259 1997 ARTICLE 2884 Henderson ST;Gao D;Christensen S;Kimble J Functional domains of LAG-2, a putative signaling ligand for LIN-12 and GLP-1 receptors in Caenorhabditis elegans. Molecular Biology of the Cell 8: 1751-1762 1997 ARTICLE 2885 Traunspurger W;Bergtold M;Goedkoop W The effects of nematodes on bacterial activity and abundance in a freshwater sediment. Oecologia 112: 118-122 1997 ARTICLE 2886 Hoss S;Haitzer M;Traunspurger W;Gratzer H;Ahlf W;Steinberg C Influence of particle size distribution and content of organic matter on the toxicity of copper in sediment bioassays using Caenorhabditis elegans (Nematoda). Water, Air & Soil Pollution 99: 689-695 1997 ARTICLE 2887 Schlak I;Eizinger A;Sommer RJ High rate of restriction fragment length polymorphisms between two populations of the nematode Pristionchus pacificus (Diplogastridae). Journal of Zoological Systematis & Evolutionary Research 35: 137-142 1997 ARTICLE 2888 Ottilie S;Wang Y;Banks S;Chang J;Vigna NJ;Weeks S;Armstrong RC;Fritz LC;Oltersdorf T Mutational analysis of the interacting cell death regulators CED-9 and CED-4. Cell Death & Differentiation 4: 526-533 1997 ARTICLE 2889 Carroll AS;Gilbert DE;Liu XY;Cheung JW;Michnowicz JE;Wagner G;Ellenberger TE;Blackwell TK SKN-1 domain folding and basic region monomer stabilization upon DNA binding. Genes & Development 11: 2227-2238 1997 ARTICLE 2890 Zdinak LA;Greenberg IB;Szewczyk NJ;Barmada SJ;Cardamone-Raynor M;Hartman JJ;Jacobson LA Transgene-coded chimeric proteins as reporters of intracellular proteolysis: Starvation-induced catabolism of a lacZ fusion protein in muscle cells of Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 67: 143-153 1997 ARTICLE 2891 Desjardins P;Ledoux S The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system to study neuronal cell death. "Neuromethods". J Poiner (ed). 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Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews 8: 1-9 1997 REVIEW 2898 De Stasio E;Lephoto C;Azuma L;Holst C;Stanislaus D;Uttam J Characterization of revertants of unc-93(e1500) in Caenorhabditis elegans induced by N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea. Genetics 147: 597-608 1997 ARTICLE 2899 Oka T;Yamamoto R;Futai M Three vha genes encode proteolipids of Caenorhabditis elegans vacuolar-type ATPase - Gene structures and preferential expression in an H-shaped excretory cell and rectal cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry 272: 24387-24392 1997 ARTICLE 2900 Leroux MR;Melki R;Gordon B;Batelier G;Candido EPM Structure-function studies on small heat shock protein oligomeric assembly and interaction with unfolded polypeptides. Journal of Biological Chemistry 272: 24646-24656 1997 ARTICLE 2901 Janke DL;Schein JE;Ha T;Franz NW;O'Neil NJ;Vatcher GP;Stewart HI;Kuervers LM;Baillie DL;Rose AM Interpreting a sequenced genome: Toward a cosmid transgenic library of Caenorhabditis elegans. Genome Research 7: 974-985 1997 ARTICLE 2902 Ketting RF;Fischer SEJ;Plasterk RHA Target choice determinants of the Tc1 transposon of Caenorhabditis elegans. Nucleic Acids Research 25: 4041-4047 1997 ARTICLE 2903 Rezsohazy R;van Luenen HGAM;Durbin RM;Plasterk RHA Tc7, a Tc1-hitch hiking transposon in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nucleic Acids Research 25: 4048-4054 1997 ARTICLE 2904 Aspbury RA;Fisher MJ;Rees HH;Clegg RA N-Myristoylation of the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase in the free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Biochemical & Biophysical Research Communications 238: 523-527 1997 ARTICLE 2905 Baker JP;Titus MA A family of unconventional myosins from the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Molecular Biology 272: 523-535 1997 ARTICLE 2906 Arata Y;Hirabayashi J;Kasai K Structure of the 32 kDa galectin gene of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Biological Chemistry 272: 6669-6677 1997 ARTICLE 2907 Coissac E;Maillier E;Netter P A comparative study of duplications in bacteria and eukaryotes: The importance of telomeres. Molecular Biology & Evolution 14: 1062-1074 1997 REVIEW 2908 Chinnaiyan AM;Chaudhary D;O'Rourke K;Koonin EV;Dixit VM Role of CED-4 in the activation of CED-3. Nature 388: 714-715 1997 REVIEW 2909 Hengartner MO Apoptosis. CED-4 is a stranger no more. Nature 388: 728-729 1997 REVIEW 2910 Roush W Worm longevity gene cloned. Science 277: 942-946 1997 REVIEW 2911 McIntire SL;Reimer RJ;Schuske K;Edwards RH;Jorgensen EM Identification and characterization of the vesicular GABA transporter. Nature 389: 870-876 1997 ARTICLE 2912 Lee RYN;Lobel L;Hengartner M;Horvitz HR;Avery L Mutations in the alpha1 subunit of an L-type voltage-activated Ca2+ channel cause myotonia in Caenorhabditis elegans. EMBO Journal 16: 6066-6076 1997 ARTICLE 2913 Baker JC;Harland RM From receptor to nucleus: the Smad pathway. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 7: 467-473 1997 REVIEW 2914 Ogg S;Paradis S;Gottlieb S;Patterson GI;Lee L;Tissenbaum HA;Ruvkun G The Fork head transcription factor DAF-16 transduces insulin-like metabolic and longevity signals in C. elegans. Nature 389: 994-999 1997 ARTICLE 2915 Patterson GI;Koweek A;Wong A;Liu Y;Ruvkun G The DAF-3 Smad protein antagonizes TGF-beta-related receptor signaling in the Caenorhabditis elegans dauer pathway. Genes & Development 11: 2679-2690 1997 ARTICLE 2916 Hajnal A;Whitfield CW;Kim SK Inhibition of Caenorhabditis elegans vulval induction by gap-1 and by let-23 receptor tyrosine kinase. Genes & Development 11: 2715-2728 1997 ARTICLE 2917 Troemel ER;Kimmel BE;Bargmann CI Reprogramming chemotaxis responses: Sensory neurons define olfactory preferences in C. elegans. Cell 91: 161-169 1997 ARTICLE 2918 Nonet ML;Staunton J;Kilgard MP;Fergestad T;Hartwieg E;Horvitz HR;Jorgensen EM;Meyer BJ C. elegans rab-3 mutant synapses exhibit impaired function and are partially depleted of vesicles. Journal of Neuroscience 17: 8061-8073 1997 ARTICLE 2919 van Pouderoyen G;Ketting RF;Perrakis A;Plasterk RHA;Sixma TK Crystal structure of the specific DNA-binding domain of Tc3 transposase of C. elegans in complex with transposon DNA. EMBO Journal 16: 6044-6054 1997 ARTICLE 2920 Dent JA;Davis MW;Avery L avr-15 encodes a chloride channel subunit that mediates inhibitory glutamatergic neurotransmission and ivermectin sensitivity in Caenorhabditis elegans. EMBO Journal 16: 5867-5879 1997 ARTICLE 2921 Sun AY;Lambie EJ gon-2, a gene required for gonadogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 147: 1077-1089 1997 ARTICLE 2922 Bowerman B;Ingram MK;Hunter CP The maternal par genes and the segregation of cell fate specification activities in early Caenorhabditis elegans embryos. Development 124: 3815-3826 1997 ARTICLE 2923 Ahringer J Maternal control of a zygotic patterning gene in Caenorhabditis elegans. Development 124: 3865-3869 1997 ARTICLE 2924 Chamberlin HM;Palmer RE;Newman AP;Sternberg PW;Baillie DL;Thomas JH The PAX gene egl-38 mediates developmental patterning in Caenorhabditis elegans. Development 124: 3919-3928 1997 ARTICLE 2925 Okkema PG;Ha E;Haun C;Chen W;Fire A The Caenorhabditis elegans NK-2 homeobox gene ceh-22 activates pharyngeal muscle gene expression in combination with pha-1 and is required for normal pharyngeal development. Development 124: 3965-3973 1997 ARTICLE 2926 Selimi F;Mariani J;Martinou JC Caenorhabditis elegans and mammalian neuronal death. Revue Neurologique 153: 478-483 1997 REVIEW 2927 Otterson GA;Kaye FJ A 'core ATPase', Hsp70-like structure is conserved in human, rat, and C. elegans STCH proteins. Gene 199: 287-292 1997 ARTICLE 2928 Leggett DS;Candido EPM Biochemical characterization of Caenorhabditis elegans UBC-1: self-association and auto-ubiquitination of a RAD6-like ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme in vitro. Biochemical Journal 327: 357-361 1997 ARTICLE 2929 Cangelosi A;Parisi D A neural network model of Caenorhabditis elegans: The circuit of touch sensitivity. Neural Proc 6: 91-98 1997 REVIEW 2930 Colbert HA;Smith TL;Bargmann CI OSM-9, a novel protein with structural similarity to channels, is required for olfaction, mechanosensation, and olfactory adaptation in Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Neuroscience 17: 8259-8269 1997 ARTICLE 2931 Zhang Y;Chou JH;Bradley J;Bargmann CI;Zinn K The Caenorhabditis elegans seven-transmembrane protein ODR-10 functions as an odorant receptor in mammalian cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 94: 2162-2167 1997 ARTICLE 2932 Li X;Greenwald I HOP-1, a Caenorhabditis elegans presenilin, appears to be functionally redundant with SEL-12 presenilin and to facilitate LIN-12 and GLP-1 signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 94: 12204-12209 1997 ARTICLE 2933 Jan E;Yoon JW;Walterhouse D;Iannaccone P;Goodwin EB Conservation of the C. elegans tra-2 3' UTR translational control. EMBO Journal 16: 6301-6313 1997 ARTICLE 2934 Baumeister R;Leimer U;Zweckbronner I;Jakubek C;Grunberg J;Haass C Human presenilin-I, but not familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) mutants, facilitate Caenorhabditis elegans Notch signalling independently of proteolytic processing. Genes and Function 1: 149-159 1997 ARTICLE 2935 Lin K;Dorman JB;Rodan A;Kenyon C daf-16: An HNF-3/forkhead family member that can function to double the life-span of Caenorhabditis elegans. Science 278: 1319-1322 1997 ARTICLE 2936 Hunter T;Bannister WH;Hunter GJ Cloning, expression and characterization of two manganese superoxide dismutases from Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Biological Chemistry 272: 28652-28659 1997 ARTICLE 2937 Burglin TR Analysis of TALE superclass homeobox genes (MEIS, PBC, KNOX, Iroquois, TGIF) reveals a novel domain conserved between plants and animals. Nucleic Acids Research 21: 4173-4180 1997 ARTICLE 2938 Bettinger JC;Euling S;Rougvie AE The terminal differentiation factor LIN-29 is required for proper vulval morphogenesis and egg laying in Caenorhabditis elegans. Development 124: 4333-4342 1997 ARTICLE 2939 Zhu J;Hill RJ;Heid PJ;Fukuyama M;Sugimoto A;Priess JR;Rothman JH end-1 encodes an apparent GATA factor that specifies the endoderm precursor in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos. Genes & Development 11: 2883-2896 1997 ARTICLE 2940 Meneely PM The chromosomal signal for sex determination in Caenorhabditis elegans. 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