[HTML][HTML] Small GTPases

DJ Reiner, EA Lundquist - WormBook: The Online Review of C …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Members of the protein superfamily of small guanosine triphosphatases, also known as
small GTPases, small G-proteins, or the Ras superfamily, are involved in nearly every aspect …

Invading, Leading and Navigating Cells in Caenorhabditis elegans: Insights into Cell Movement in Vivo

DR Sherwood, J Plastino - Genetics, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Highly regulated cell migration events are crucial during animal tissue formation and the
trafficking of cells to sites of infection and injury. Misregulation of cell movement underlies …

[HTML][HTML] Directed cell invasion and asymmetric adhesion drive tissue elongation and turning in C. elegans gonad morphogenesis

P Agarwal, T Shemesh, R Zaidel-Bar - Developmental cell, 2022 - cell.com
Development of the C. elegans gonad has long been studied as a model of organogenesis
driven by collective cell migration. A somatic cell named the distal tip cell (DTC) is thought to …

[HTML][HTML] Sensory regulation of the C. elegans germline through TGF-β-dependent signaling in the niche

D Dalfó, D Michaelson, EJA Hubbard - Current Biology, 2012 - cell.com
The proliferation/differentiation balance of stem and progenitor cell populations must
respond to the physiological needs of the organism [1, 2]. Mechanisms underlying this …

TRIM39 negatively regulates the NFκB-mediated signaling pathway through stabilization of Cactin

M Suzuki, M Watanabe, Y Nakamaru, D Takagi… - Cellular and molecular …, 2016 - Springer
NFκB is one of the central regulators of cell survival, immunity, inflammation, carcinogenesis
and organogenesis. The activation of NFκB is strictly regulated by several posttranslational …

Optimizing efficient RNAi-mediated control of hemipteran pests (psyllids, leafhoppers, whitefly): modified pyrimidines in dsRNA triggers

WB Hunter, WM Wintermantel - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The advantages from exogenously applied RNAi biopesticides have yet to be realized in
through commercialization due to inconsistent activity of the dsRNA trigger, and the activity …

TmCactin plays an important role in Gram-negative and -positive bacterial infection by regulating expression of 7 AMP genes in Tenebrio molitor

YH Jo, YJ Kim, KB Park, JH Seong, SG Kim, S Park… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Cactin was originally identified as an interactor of the Drosophila IκB factor Cactus and
shown to play a role in controlling embryonic polarity and regulating the NF-κB signaling …

Functional Interactions Between rsks-1/S6K, glp-1/Notch, and Regulators of Caenorhabditis elegans Fertility and Germline Stem Cell Maintenance

D Roy, DJ Kahler, C Yun… - G3: Genes, Genomes …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The proper accumulation and maintenance of stem cells is critical for organ development
and homeostasis. The Notch signaling pathway maintains stem cells in diverse organisms …

Gonad morphogenesis and distal tip cell migration in the Caenorhabditis elegans hermaphrodite

MC Wong, JE Schwarzbauer - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Cell migration and morphogenesis are key events in tissue development and
organogenesis. In Caenorhabditis elegans, the migratory path of the distal tip cells …

RACK-1 Acts with Rac GTPase Signaling and UNC-115/abLIM in Caenorhabditis elegans Axon Pathfinding and Cell Migration

RS Demarco, EA Lundquist - PLoS genetics, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Migrating cells and growth cones extend lamellipodial and filopodial protrusions that are
required for outgrowth and guidance. The mechanisms of cytoskeletal regulation that …