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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