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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-7-17
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Many types of sensory neurons contain modified cilia where sensory signal transduction occurs. We report that the C. elegans gene daf-19 encodes an RFX-type transcription factor that is expressed specifically in all ciliated sensory neurons. Loss of daf-19 function causes the absence of cilia, resulting in severe sensory defects. Several genes that function in all ciliated sensory neurons have an RFX target site in their promoters and require daf-19 function. Several other genes that function in subsets of ciliated sensory neurons do not have an RFX target site and are not daf-19 dependent. These results suggest that expression of the shared components of sensory cilia is activated by daf-19, whereas cell-type-specific expression occurs independently of daf-19.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1097-2765
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
411-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10882127-Alternative Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:10882127-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10882127-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10882127-Caenorhabditis elegans, pubmed-meshheading:10882127-Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10882127-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:10882127-Cilia, pubmed-meshheading:10882127-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10882127-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:10882127-Genes, Helminth, pubmed-meshheading:10882127-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10882127-Nervous System Malformations, pubmed-meshheading:10882127-Neurons, Afferent, pubmed-meshheading:10882127-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:10882127-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10882127-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10882127-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:10882127-Tissue Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:10882127-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
The RFX-type transcription factor DAF-19 regulates sensory neuron cilium formation in C. elegans.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA. peter@genetics.washington.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't