Gene Review:
unc-5 - Protein UNC-5
Caenorhabditis elegans
- Vertebrate homologues of C. elegans UNC-5 are candidate netrin receptors. Leonardo, E.D., Hinck, L., Masu, M., Keino-Masu, K., Ackerman, S.L., Tessier-Lavigne, M. Nature (1997)
- Expression of the UNC-5 guidance receptor in the touch neurons of C. elegans steers their axons dorsally. Hamelin, M., Zhou, Y., Su, M.W., Scott, I.M., Culotti, J.G. Nature (1993)
- Mutations in the Caenorhabditis elegans unc-4 gene alter the synaptic input to ventral cord motor neurons. White, J.G., Southgate, E., Thomson, J.N. Nature (1992)
- The unc-5, unc-6, and unc-40 genes guide circumferential migrations of pioneer axons and mesodermal cells on the epidermis in C. elegans. Hedgecock, E.M., Culotti, J.G., Hall, D.H. Neuron (1990)
- SRC-1, a non-receptor type of protein tyrosine kinase, controls the direction of cell and growth cone migration in C. elegans. Itoh, B., Hirose, T., Takata, N., Nishiwaki, K., Koga, M., Ohshima, Y., Okada, M. Development (2005)
- Regulation of the UNC-5 netrin receptor initiates the first reorientation of migrating distal tip cells in Caenorhabditis elegans. Su, M., Merz, D.C., Killeen, M.T., Zhou, Y., Zheng, H., Kramer, J.M., Hedgecock, E.M., Culotti, J.G. Development (2000)
- GABA is dispensable for the formation of junctional GABA receptor clusters in Caenorhabditis elegans. Gally, C., Bessereau, J.L. J. Neurosci. (2003)
- Fine-structure genetics of ama-1, an essential gene encoding the amanitin-binding subunit of RNA polymerase II in Caenorhabditis elegans. Bullerjahn, A.M., Riddle, D.L. Genetics (1988)
- pWormgatePro enables promoter-driven knockdown by hairpin RNA interference of muscle and neuronal gene products in Caenorhabditis elegans. Briese, M., Esmaeili, B., Johnson, N.M., Sattelle, D.B. Invert. Neurosci. (2006)