Worm Breeder's Gazette 15(3): 3 (June 1, 1998)
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2981 Dennis JL;Mutwakil MHAZ;Lowe KC;De Pomerai DI Effects of metal ions in combination with a non-ionic surfactant on stress responses in a transgenic nematode. Aquatic Toxicology 40: 37-50 1997 ARTICLE 2982 Vassilatis DK;Arena JP;Plasterk RHA;Wilkinson HA;Schaeffer JM;Cully DF;Vanderploeg LHT Genetic and biochemical evidence for a novel avermectin-sensitive chloride channel in Caenorhabditis elegans - Isolation and characterization. Journal of Biological Chemistry 272: 33167-33174 1997 ARTICLE 2983 Martinelli SD;Brown CG;Durbin R Gene expression and development databases for C. elegans. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 8: 459-467 1997 REVIEW 2984 Rand JB;Duerr JS;Frisby DL Neurogenetics of synaptic transmission in Caenorhabditis elegans. Advances in Pharmacology 42: 940-944 1998 REVIEW 2985 Leroux MR;Candido EPM Subunit characterization of the Caenorhabditis chaperonin containing TCP-1 and expression pattern of the gene encoding CCT-1. Biochemical & Biophysical Research Communications 241: 687-692 1997 ARTICLE 2986 Nonet ML;Saifee O;Zhao H;Rand JB;Wei L Synaptic transmission deficits in Caenorhabditis elegans synaptobrevin mutants. Journal of Neuroscience 18: 70-80 1998 ARTICLE 2987 Kagan RM;Niewmierzycka A;Clarke S Targeted gene disruption of the Caenorhabditis elegans L-isoaspartyl protein repair methyltransferase impairs survival of dauer stage nematodes. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 348: 320-328 1997 ARTICLE 2988 Raz F;van Luenen HGAM;Schaerringer B;Plasterk RHA;Driever W Transposition of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans Tc3 element in the zebrafish Danio rerio. Current Biology 8: 82-88 1997 ARTICLE 2989 Wu SL;Staudinger J;Olson EN;Rubin CS Structure, expression and properties of an atypical protein kinase C (PKC3) from Caenorhabditis elegans: PKC3 is required for the normal progression of embryogenesis and viability of the organism. Journal of Biological Chemistry 273: 1130-1143 1998 ARTICLE 2990 Ogawa H;Harada S;Sassa T;Yamamoto H;Hosono R Functional properties of the unc-64 gene encoding a Caenorhabditis elegans syntaxin. Journal of Biological Chemistry 273: 2192-2198 1998 ARTICLE 2991 Dickson B Axon guidance: A roundabout way of avoiding the midline. Nature 391: 442-443 1998 REVIEW 2992 Mikola J;Setala H No evidence of trophic cascades in an experimental microbial-based soil food web. Ecology 79: 153-164 1998 ARTICLE 2993 de Vet ECJM;Prinsen HCMT;van den Bosch H Nucleotide sequence of a cDNA clone encoding a Caenorhabditis elegans homolog of mammalian alkyl-dihydroxyacetonephosphate synthase: Evolutionary switching of peroxisomal targeting signals. Biochemical & Biophysical Research Communications 242: 277-281 1998 ARTICLE 2994 Hengartner MO Apoptosis: Death cycle and Swiss army knives. Nature 391: 441-442 1998 REVIEW 2995 Li L;Linning RM;Kondo K;Honda BM Differential expression of individual suppressor tRNA(Trp) gene family members in vitro and in vivo in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Molecular and Cellular Biology 18: 703-709 1998 ARTICLE 2996 Roayaie K;Crump JG;Sagasti A;Bargmann CI The G-alpha protein ODR-3 mediates olfactory and nociceptive function and controls cilium morphogenesis in C. elegans olfactory neurons. Neuron 20: 55-67 1998 ARTICLE 2997 Zallen JA;Yi BA;Bargmann CI The conserved immunoglobulin superfamily member SAX-3/Robo directs multiple aspects of axon guidance in C. elegans. Cell 92: 217-227 1998 ARTICLE 2998 Lin RL;Hill RJ;Priess JR POP-1 and anterior-posterior fate decisions in C. elegans embryos. Cell 92: 229-239 199 ARTICLE 2999 Lieb JD;Albrecht MR;Chuang P-T;Meyer BJ MIX-1: an essential component of the C. elegans mitotic machinery executes X chromosome dosage compensation. Cell 92: 265-277 1998 ARTICLE 3000 Raymond CS;Shamu CE;Shen MM;Seifert KJ;Hirsch B;Hodgkin J;Zarkower D Evidence for evolutionary conservation of sex-determining genes. Nature 391: 691-695 1998 ARTICLE 3001 Ono S;Benian GM Two Caenorhabditis elegans actin depolymerizing factor/cofilin proteins, encoded by the unc-60 gene, differentially regulate actin filament dynamics. Journal of Biological Chemistry 273: 3778-3783 1998 ARTICLE 3002 Liu F;Bauer CC;Ortiz I;Cook RG;Schmid MF;Epstein HF Beta-filagenin, a newly identified protein coassembling with myosin and paramyosin in Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Cell Biology 140: 347-353 1998 ARTICLE 3003 Sonnhammer ELL;Eddy SR;Birney E;Bateman A;Durbin R Pfam - Multiple sequence alignments and HMM-profiles of protein domains. Nucleic Acids Research 26: 320-322 1998 ARTICLE 3004 Marcel V;Palacios LG;Pertuy C;Masson P;Fournier D Two invertebrate acetylcholinesterases show activation followed by inhibition with substrate concentration. Biochemical Journal 329: 329-334 1998 ARTICLE 3005 Fire A;Xu S;Montgomery MK;Kostas SA;Driver SE;Mello CC Potent and specific genetic interference by double-stranded RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature 391: 806-811 1998 ARTICLE 3006 Gutch MJ;Flint AJ;Keller J;Tonks NK;Hengartner MO The Caenorhabditis elegans SH2 domain-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase PTP-2 participates in signal transduction during oogenesis and vulval development. Genes & Development 12: 571-585 1998 ARTICLE 3007 Maloof JN;Kenyon C The Hox gene lin-39 is required during C. elegans vulval induction to select the outcome of Ras signaling. Development 125: 181-190 1998 ARTICLE 3008 Tissenbaum HA;Ruvkun G An insulin-like signaling pathway affects both longevity and reproduction in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 148: 703-717 1998 ARTICLE 3009 Madi A;Punyiczki M;Fesus L Lessons to learn from the cell death and heat shock genes of Caenorhabditis elegans. Acta Biologica Hungarica 48: 303-318 1997 REVIEW 3010 Goldstein B;Frisse LM;Thomas WK Embryonic axis specification in nematodes: evolution of the first step in development. Current Biology 8: 157-160 1998 ARTICLE 3011 Peixoto CA;Demelo JV;Kramer JM;De Souza W Ultrastructural analyses of the Caenorhabditis elegans rol-6(su1006) mutant, which produces abnormal cuticle collagen. Journal of Parasitology 84: 45-49 1998 ARTICLE 3012 Patel MR;Campbell WC Inhibitory effect of chlorpromazine on nematode eggs and larvae. Journal of Parasitology 84: 191-192 1998 ARTICLE 3013 Aspbury RA;Fisher MJ;Rees HH Fatty acylation of polypeptides in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Protein Structure & Molecular Enzymology 1382: 111-119 1998 ARTICLE 3014 Colavita A;Culotti JG Suppressors of ectopic UNC-5 growth cone steering identify eight genes involved in axon guidance in Caenorhabditis elegans. Developmental Biology 194: 72-85 1998 ARTICLE 3015 Harfe BD;Fire A Muscle and nerve-specific regulation of a novel NK-2 class homeodomain factor in Caenorhabditis elegans. Development 125: 421-429 1998 ARTICLE 3016 Coburn CM;Mori I;Ohshima Y;Bargmann CI A cyclic nucleotide-gated channel inhibits sensory axon outgrowth in larval and adult Caenorhabditis elegans: A distinct pathway for maintenance of sensory axon structure. Development 125: 249-258 1998 ARTICLE 3017 Clandinin TR;DeModena JA;Sternberg PW Inositol trisphospate mediates a Ras-independent response to LET-23 receptor tyrosine kinase activation in C. elegans. Cell 92: 523-533 1998 ARTICLE 3018 Hitchcock DR;Law SE;Wu J;Williams PL Determining toxicity trends in the ozonation of synthetic dye wastewaters using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 34: 259-264 1998 ARTICLE 3019 Burglin TR;Lobos E;Blaxter ML Caenorhabditis elegans as a model for parasitic nematodes. International Journal for Parasitology 28: 395-411 1998 REVIEW 3020 George SE;Simokat K;Hardin J;Chisholm AD The VAB-1 Eph receptor tyrosine kinase functions in neural and epithelial morphogenesis in C. elegans. Cell 92: 633-643 1998 ARTICLE 3021 Vatcher GP;Thacker CM;Kaletta T;Schnabel H;Schnabel R;Baillie DL Serine hydroxymethyltransferase is maternally essential in Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Biological Chemistry 273: 6066-6073 1998 ARTICLE 3022 Shibatohge M;Kariya K;Liao Y;Hu CD;Watari Y;Goshima M;Shima F;Kataoka T Identification of PLC210, a Caenorhabditis elegans phospholipase C, as a putative effector of Ras. Journal of Biological Chemistry 273: 6218-6222 1998 ARTICLE 3023 Felix MA;Sternberg PW A gonad-derived survival signal for vulval precursor cells in two nematode species. Current Biology 8: 287-290 1998 ARTICLE 3024 Bargmann CI;Kaplan JM Signal transduction in the Caenorhabditis elegans nervous system. Annual Review of Neuroscience 21: 279-308 1998 REVIEW 3025 Hobert O;D'Alberti T;Liu Y;Ruvkun G Control of neural development and function in a thermoregulatory network by the LIM homeobox gene lin-11. Journal of Neuroscience 18: 2084-2096 1998 ARTICLE 3026 Puoti A;Gallegos M;Zhang B;Wickens MP;Kimble J Controls of cell fate and pattern by 3' untranslated regions: The Caenorhabditis elegans sperm/oocyte decision. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology 62: 19-24 1997 REVIEW 3027 Steven R;Kubiseski RJ;Zheng H;Kulkarni S;Mancillas J;Morales AR;Hogue CWV;Pawson T;Culotti J UNC-73 activates the Rac GTPase and is required for cell and growth cone migrations in C. elegans. Cell 92: 785-795 1998 ARTICLE 3028 Powell-Coffman JA;Bradfield CA;Wood WB Caenorhabditis elegans orthologs of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor and its heterodimerization partner with the aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 95: 2844-2849 199 ARTICLE 3029 Burr AHJ;Gans C Mechanical significance of obliquely striated architecture in nematode muscle. Biological Bulletin 194: 1-6 1998 ARTICLE 3030 Ikenishi K Germ plasm in Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila and Xenopus. Development, Growth & Differentiation 40: 1-10 1998 REVIEW 3031 Njoku CJ;Zeng L;Asuzu IU;Oberlies NH;McLaughlin JL Oleanolic acid, a bioactive component of the leaves of Ocimum gratissumum (Laciaceae). International Journal of Pharmacognosy 35: 134-137 1997 ARTICLE 3032 Napier JA;Hey SJ;Lacey DJ;Shewry PR Identification of a Caenorhabditis elegans delta(6)-fatty-acid-desaturase by heterologous expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochemical Journal 330: 611-614 1998 ARTICLE 3033 Lee MH;Jang YJ;Koo HS Alternative splicing in the Caenorhabditis elegans DNA topoisomerase I gene. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Structure and Expression 1396: 207-214 199 ARTICLE 3034 Grauso M;Culetto E;Combes D;Fedon Y;Toutant J;Arpagaus M Existence of four acetylcholinesterase genes in the nematodes Caenorhabditis elegans and Caenorhabditis briggsae. FEBS Letters 424: 279-284 1998 ARTICLE 3035 Fujii M;Ishii N;Jogushi A;Yasuda K;Ayusawa D A novel superoxide dismutase gene encoding membrane-bound and extracellular isoforms by alternative splicing in Caenorhabditis elegans. DNA Research 5: 25-30 1998 ARTICLE 3036 Wu YC;Horvitz HR C. elegans phagocytosis and cell migration protein CED-5 is similar to human DOCK180. Nature 392: 501-504 1998 ARTICLE 3037 Schierenberg E;Wiegner O;Bossinger O;Skiba F;Kutzowitz M Pattern formation and cell specification in nematode embryos - A theme with considerable variations. Zoology-Analysis of Complex Systems 100: 320-327 1997 ARTICLE 3038 Barger AJ;Hart AC;Kaplan JM G-alpha(s)-induced neurodegeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Neuroscience 18: 2871-2880 1998 ARTICLE 3039 Singson A;Mercer KB;L'Hernault SW The C. elegans spe-9 gene encodes a sperm transmembrane protein that contains EGF-like repeats and is required for fertilization. Cell 93: 71-79 1998 ARTICLE 3040 Goodwin EB;Evans TC Translational control of development in C. elegans. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 8: 551-559 1998 REVIEW 3041 Wood WB Handed asymmetry in nematodes. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 9: 53-60 1998 REVIEW 3042 Hagen FK;Nehrke K cDNA cloning and expression of a family of UDP-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine-polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase sequence homologs from Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Biological Chemistry 273: 8268-8277 1998 ARTICLE 3043 Hisahara S;Kanuka H;Shoji S;Yoshikawa S;Okano H;Miura M Caenorhabditis elegans anti-apoptotic gene ced-9 prevents ced-3-induced cell death in Drosophila cells. Journal of Cell Science 111: 667-673 1998 ARTICLE 3044 Frank DJ;Roth MB NCL-1 is required for the regulation of cell size and ribosomal RNA synthesis in Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Cell Biology 140: 1321-1329 1998 ARTICLE 3045 Burdine RD;Branda CS;Stern MJ EGL-17(FGF) expression coordinates the attraction of the migrating sex myoblasts with vulval induction in C. elegans. Development 125: 1083-1093 1998 ARTICLE 3046 Costa M;Raich W;Agbunag C;Leung B;Hardin J;Priess JR A putative catenin-cadherin system mediates morphogenesis of the Caenorhabditis elegans embryo. Journal of Cell Biology 141: 297-308 1998 ARTICLE 3047 Kuwabara PE Gametogenesis - Keeping the male element under control. Current Biology 8: R278-R281 1998 REVIEW 3048 Tawe WN;Eschbach ML;Walter RD;Henkle-Duhrsen K Identification of stress-responsive genes in Caenorhabditis elegans using RT-PCR differential display. Nucleic Acids Research 26: 1621-1627 1998 ARTICLE 3049 Dent JA;Han M Post-embryonic expression pattern of C. elegans let-60 ras reporter constructs. Mechanisms of Development 72: 179-182 1998 ARTICLE 3050 Shi Y;Mello C A CBP/p300 homolog specifies multiple differentiation pathways in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genes & Development 12: 943-955 1998 ARTICLE 3051 Xie HY;Hirsh D In vivo function of mutated spliced leader RNAs in Caenorhabditis elegans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 95: 4235-4240 1998 ARTICLE 3052 Goldstein P The synaptonemal complexes of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans: gametic response to retinol. Cytobios 91: 53-67 1997 ARTICLE 3053 Sharief FS;Tsoi SCM;Li SSL cDNA cloning and genomic organization of enhancer of split groucho gene from nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology International 43:327-337 1997 ARTICLE 3054 Jankowski M;Lamphear BJ;Aamodt EJ;Harringt T;Darzynki E;Stolarsk R;Rhoads RE Multiple isoforms of eukaryotic protein-synthesis initation-factor-4E in Caenorhabditis elegans can distinguish between monomethylated and trimethylated messenger RNA cap structure. Journal of Biological Chemistry 273: 538-542 1998 ARTICLE