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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-1-28
pubmed:abstractText
engrailed is a homeobox gene essential for developmental functions such as differentiation of cell populations and the onset of compartment boundaries in arthropods and vertebrates. We present the first functional study on engrailed in an unsegmented animal: the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. In the developing worm embryo, ceh-16/engrailed is predominantly expressed in one bilateral row of epidermal cells (the seam cells). We show that ceh-16/engrailed primes a specification cascade through three mechanisms: (1) it suppresses fusion between seam cells and other epidermal cells by repressing eff-1/fusogen expression; (2) it triggers the differentiation of the seam cells through different factors, including the GATA factor elt-5; and (3) it segregates the seam cells into a distinct lateral cellular compartment, repressing cell migration toward dorsal and ventral compartments.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0950-1991
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
132
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
739-49
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15659483-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15659483-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15659483-Animals, Genetically Modified, pubmed-meshheading:15659483-Body Patterning, pubmed-meshheading:15659483-Caenorhabditis elegans, pubmed-meshheading:15659483-Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15659483-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:15659483-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:15659483-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:15659483-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15659483-Embryo, Nonmammalian, pubmed-meshheading:15659483-Epidermis, pubmed-meshheading:15659483-GATA Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15659483-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:15659483-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15659483-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:15659483-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:15659483-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:15659483-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
ceh-16/engrailed patterns the embryonic epidermis of Caenorhabditis elegans.
pubmed:affiliation
ABI/Molecular Neurogenetics, LMU Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't