Null mutations in the lin-31 gene indicate two functions during Caenorhabditis elegans vulval development.

Abstract:

:The lin-31 gene is required for the proper specification of vulval cell fates in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and encodes a member of the winged-helix family of transcription factors. Members of this important family have been identified in many organisms and are known to bind specific DNA targets involved in a variety of developmental processes. DNA sequencing of 13 lin-31 alleles revealed six nonsense mutations and two missense mutations within the DNA-binding domain, plus three deletions, one transposon insertion, and one frameshift mutation that all cause large-scale disruptions in the gene. The missense mutations are amino acid substitutions in the DNA-binding domain and probably disrupt interactions of the LIN-31 transcription factor with its DNA target. In addition, detailed phenotypic analysis of all 19 alleles showed similar penetrance for several characteristics examined. From our analysis we conclude: (1) the null phenotype of lin-31 is the phenotype displayed by almost all of the existing alleles, (2) the DNA-binding domain plays a critical role in LIN-31 function, and (3) direct screens for multivulva and vulvaless mutants will probably yield only null (or strong) alleles of lin-31.

journal_name

Genetics

journal_title

Genetics

authors

Miller LM,Hess HA,Doroquez DB,Andrews NM

keywords:

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-12-01 00:00:00

pages

1595-602

issue

4

eissn

0016-6731

issn

1943-2631

journal_volume

156

pub_type

杂志文章

相关文献

GENETICS文献大全
  • Dynamics of plant mitochondrial genome: model of a three-level selection process.

    abstract::The plant mitochondrial genome is composed of a set of molecules of various sizes that generate each other through recombination between repeated sequences. Molecular observations indicate that these different molecules are present in an equilibrium state. Different compositions of molecules have been observed within ...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Albert B,Godelle B,Atlan A,De Paepe R,Gouyon PH

    更新日期:1996-09-01 00:00:00

  • A Bayesian Approach to Inferring Rates of Selfing and Locus-Specific Mutation.

    abstract::We present a Bayesian method for characterizing the mating system of populations reproducing through a mixture of self-fertilization and random outcrossing. Our method uses patterns of genetic variation across the genome as a basis for inference about reproduction under pure hermaphroditism, gynodioecy, and a model de...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1534/genetics.115.179093

    authors: Redelings BD,Kumagai S,Tatarenkov A,Wang L,Sakai AK,Weller SG,Culley TM,Avise JC,Uyenoyama MK

    更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00

  • Three routes to suppression of the neurodegenerative phenotypes caused by kinesin heavy chain mutations.

    abstract::Kinesin-1 is a motor protein that moves stepwise along microtubules by employing dimerized kinesin heavy chain (Khc) subunits that alternate cycles of microtubule binding, conformational change, and ATP hydrolysis. Mutations in the Drosophila Khc gene are known to cause distal paralysis and lethality preceded by the o...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1534/genetics.112.140798

    authors: Djagaeva I,Rose DJ,Lim A,Venter CE,Brendza KM,Moua P,Saxton WM

    更新日期:2012-09-01 00:00:00

  • Template switching during break-induced replication is promoted by the Mph1 helicase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    abstract::Chromosomal double-strand breaks (DSBs) that have only one end with homology to a donor duplex undergo repair by strand invasion followed by replication to the chromosome terminus (break-induced replication, BIR). Using a transformation-based assay system, it was previously shown that BIR could occur by several rounds...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1534/genetics.114.162297

    authors: Stafa A,Donnianni RA,Timashev LA,Lam AF,Symington LS

    更新日期:2014-04-01 00:00:00

  • Estimating Linear and Nonlinear Gene Coexpression Networks by Semiparametric Neighborhood Selection.

    abstract::Whereas nonlinear relationships between genes are acknowledged, there exist only a few methods for estimating nonlinear gene coexpression networks or gene regulatory networks (GCNs/GRNs) with common deficiencies. These methods often consider only pairwise associations between genes, and are, therefore, poorly capable ...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1534/genetics.120.303186

    authors: Kontio JAJ,Rinta-Aho MJ,Sillanpää MJ

    更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00

  • Genetic characterization of the sufj frameshift suppressor in Salmonella typhimurium.

    abstract::A new suppressor of +1 frameshift mutations has been isolated in Salmonella typhimurium. This suppressor, sufJ, maps at minute 89 on the Salmonella genetic map between the argH and rpo(rif) loci, closely linked to the gene for the ochre suppressor tyrU(supM). The suppressor mutation is dominant to its wild-type allele...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Bossi L,Kohno T,Roth JR

    更新日期:1983-01-01 00:00:00

  • Implicating SCF complexes in organogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans.

    abstract::Development of the Caenorhabditis elegans foregut (pharynx) is regulated by a network of proteins that includes the Retinoblastoma protein (pRb) ortholog LIN-35; the ubiquitin pathway components UBC-18 and ARI-1; and PHA-1, a cytoplasmic protein. Loss of pha-1 activity impairs pharyngeal development and body morphogen...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1534/genetics.113.158485

    authors: Polley SR,Kuzmanov A,Kuang J,Karpel J,Lažetić V,Karina EI,Veo BL,Fay DS

    更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00

  • A consensus map for loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.). I. Construction and integration of individual linkage maps from two outbred three-generation pedigrees.

    abstract::A consensus map for loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) was constructed from the integration of linkage data from two unrelated three-generation outbred pedigrees. The progeny segregation data from restriction fragment length polymorphism, random amplified polymorphic DNA, and isozyme genetic markers from each pedigree wer...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Sewell MM,Sherman BK,Neale DB

    更新日期:1999-01-01 00:00:00

  • An integrated genetic map of the African human malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae.

    abstract::We present a genetic map based on microsatellite polymorphisms for the African human malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae. Polymorphisms in laboratory strains were detected for 89% of the tested microsatellite markers. Genotyping was performed for individual mosquitos from 13 backcross families that included 679 progeny....

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Zheng L,Benedict MQ,Cornel AJ,Collins FH,Kafatos FC

    更新日期:1996-06-01 00:00:00

  • Methods for Analysis of the C Cistron of Temperate Phage 16-3 of RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI.

    abstract::A series of clear mutants of the temperate phage 16-3 of Rhizobium meliloti were isolated that included various point and deletion mutants of the C cistron, coding for the phage repressor. It was observed that recombinant genotypes, such as c(+) and ti (temperature-sensitive allele), which form turbid plaques, can be ...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Orosz L

    更新日期:1980-02-01 00:00:00

  • Is the fungus Magnaporthe losing DNA methylation?

    abstract::The long terminal repeat retrotransposon, Magnaporthe gypsy-like element (MAGGY), has been shown to be targeted for cytosine methylation in a subset of Magnaporthe oryzae field isolates. Analysis of the F1 progeny from a genetic cross between methylation-proficient (Br48) and methylation-deficient (GFSI1-7-2) isolates...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1534/genetics.113.155978

    authors: Ikeda K,Van Vu B,Kadotani N,Tanaka M,Murata T,Shiina K,Chuma I,Tosa Y,Nakayashiki H

    更新日期:2013-11-01 00:00:00

  • Enzyme variability in the Drosophila willistoni group. IV. Genic variation in natural populations of Drosophila willistoni.

    abstract::We describe allelic variation at 28 gene loci in natural populations of D. willistoni. Seventy samples were studied from localities extending from Mexico and Florida, through Central America, the West Indies, and tropical South America, down to South Brazil. At least several hundred, and often several thousand, genome...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Ayala FJ,Powell JR,Tracey ML,Mourão CA,Pérez-Salas S

    更新日期:1972-01-01 00:00:00

  • Efficient Genome-Wide Sequencing and Low-Coverage Pedigree Analysis from Noninvasively Collected Samples.

    abstract::Research on the genetics of natural populations was revolutionized in the 1990s by methods for genotyping noninvasively collected samples. However, these methods have remained largely unchanged for the past 20 years and lag far behind the genomics era. To close this gap, here we report an optimized laboratory protocol...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1534/genetics.116.187492

    authors: Snyder-Mackler N,Majoros WH,Yuan ML,Shaver AO,Gordon JB,Kopp GH,Schlebusch SA,Wall JD,Alberts SC,Mukherjee S,Zhou X,Tung J

    更新日期:2016-06-01 00:00:00

  • Multiple roles for Saccharomyces cerevisiae histone H2A in telomere position effect, Spt phenotypes and double-strand-break repair.

    abstract::Telomere position effects on transcription (TPE, or telomeric silencing) are nucleated by association of nonhistone silencing factors with the telomere and propagated in subtelomeric regions through association of silencing factors with the specifically modified histones H3 and H4. However, the function of histone H2A...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Wyatt HR,Liaw H,Green GR,Lustig AJ

    更新日期:2003-05-01 00:00:00

  • Population structure of morphological traits in Clarkia dudleyana. I. Comparison of FST between allozymes and morphological traits.

    abstract::Studies of genetic variation at allozyme loci, assumed to be selectively neutral, have provided valuable insights into the genetic structure of numerous populations. The degree to which population structure of allozyme variation reflects that of quantitative traits, however, is not well resolved. Here, we compare esti...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Podolsky RH,Holtsford TP

    更新日期:1995-06-01 00:00:00

  • Partial exclusion between T-even bacteriophages: an incipient genetic isolation mechanism.

    abstract::Conditional lethal mutant systems developed in T-even bacteriophages T2, T4 and T6 have been used to study the partial exclusion which characterizes mixed infections of these phages. In bacteria mixedly infected with T2 and T4, the dominant phage (T4) acts against localized exclusion sensitivity determinants in the ge...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Russell RL,Huskey RJ

    更新日期:1974-12-01 00:00:00

  • Bayesian quantitative trait locus mapping using inferred haplotypes.

    abstract::We describe a fast hierarchical Bayesian method for mapping quantitative trait loci by haplotype-based association, applicable when haplotypes are not observed directly but are inferred from multiple marker genotypes. The method avoids the use of a Monte Carlo Markov chain by employing priors for which the likelihood ...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1534/genetics.109.113183

    authors: Durrant C,Mott R

    更新日期:2010-03-01 00:00:00

  • Epistatic Networks Jointly Influence Phenotypes Related to Metabolic Disease and Gene Expression in Diversity Outbred Mice.

    abstract::Genetic studies of multidimensional phenotypes can potentially link genetic variation, gene expression, and physiological data to create multi-scale models of complex traits. The challenge of reducing these data to specific hypotheses has become increasingly acute with the advent of genome-scale data resources. Multi-...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1534/genetics.116.198051

    authors: Tyler AL,Ji B,Gatti DM,Munger SC,Churchill GA,Svenson KL,Carter GW

    更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00

  • Clonal mosaic analysis of EMPTY PERICARP2 reveals nonredundant functions of the duplicated HEAT SHOCK FACTOR BINDING PROTEINs during maize shoot development.

    abstract::The paralogous maize proteins EMPTY PERICARP2 (EMP2) and HEAT SHOCK FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN2 (HSBP2) each contain a single recognizable motif: the coiled-coil domain. EMP2 and HSBP2 accumulate differentially during maize development and heat stress. Previous analyses revealed that EMP2 is required for regulation of hea...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1534/genetics.104.026575

    authors: Fu S,Scanlon MJ

    更新日期:2004-07-01 00:00:00

  • Identification and characterization of Aspergillus nidulans mutants defective in cytokinesis.

    abstract::Filamentous fungi undergo cytokinesis by forming crosswalls termed septa. Here, we describe the genetic and physiological controls governing septation in Aspergillus nidulans. Germinating conidia do not form septa until the completion of their third nuclear division. The first septum is invariantly positioned at the b...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Harris SD,Morrell JL,Hamer JE

    更新日期:1994-02-01 00:00:00

  • Novel interallelic complementation at the his1 locus of yeast.

    abstract::In yeast, 17 histidine-requiring mutants derived from and interallelically complementary to his1-7 were analyzed. The genetic basis of the complementation response was elucidated by mitotic and meiotic gene conversion. Each allele probably carries an unaltered 7-site mutation and a unique second-site alteration. The s...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Lax C,Fogel S

    更新日期:1978-11-01 00:00:00

  • The Genetics of Melanism in MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA HUbner (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae).

    abstract::The forest tent caterpillar is polymorphic for two melanic genes affecting wing color of moths. These are the first genetically determined morphological traits reported for the genus. Dark (D) is a sex-limited, autosomal dominant with a phenotype of dark brown males. Frequencies in population samples varied from 8 to ...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Lorimer N

    更新日期:1979-06-01 00:00:00

  • Multiple translational control sequences in the 5' leader of the chloroplast psbC mRNA interact with nuclear gene products in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

    abstract::Translation of the chloroplast psbC mRNA in the unicellular eukaryotic alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is controlled by interactions between its 547-base 5' untranslated region and the products of the nuclear loci TBC1, TBC2, and possibly TBC3. In this study, a series of site-directed mutations in this region was gener...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Zerges W,Auchincloss AH,Rochaix JD

    更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00

  • A "FLP-Out" system for controlled gene expression in Caenorhabditis elegans.

    abstract::We present a two-part system for conditional FLP-out of FRT-flanked sequences in Caenorhabditis elegans to control gene activity in a spatially and/or temporally regulated manner. Using reporters, we assess the system for efficacy and demonstrate its use as a cell lineage marking tool. In addition, we construct and te...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1534/genetics.108.090274

    authors: Voutev R,Hubbard EJ

    更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00

  • Natural variation for alleles under epigenetic control by the maize chromomethylase zmet2.

    abstract::The contribution of epigenetic alterations to natural variation for gene transcription levels remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the functional targets of the maize chromomethylase ZMET2 in multiple inbred lines to determine whether epigenetic changes conditioned by this chromomethylase are conserved or v...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1534/genetics.107.072702

    authors: Makarevitch I,Stupar RM,Iniguez AL,Haun WJ,Barbazuk WB,Kaeppler SM,Springer NM

    更新日期:2007-10-01 00:00:00

  • Unusual haplotype structure at the proximal breakpoint of In(2L)t in a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster.

    abstract::The existence of temporally stable frequency clines for In(2L)t in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster suggests a role for selection in the maintenance of this polymorphism. We have collected nucleotide polymorphism data from the proximal breakpoint junction regions of In(2L)t to infer its evolutionary hist...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Andolfatto P,Wall JD,Kreitman M

    更新日期:1999-11-01 00:00:00

  • Complex epistasis for Dobzhansky-Muller hybrid incompatibility in solanum.

    abstract::We examined the prevalence of interactions between pairs of short chromosomal regions from one species (Solanum habrochaites) co-introgressed into a heterospecific genetic background (Solanum lycopersicum). Of 105 double introgression line (DIL) families generated from a complete diallele combination of 15 chromosomal...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1534/genetics.108.095679

    authors: Moyle LC,Nakazato T

    更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00

  • Cell excitability necessary for male mating behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans is coordinated by interactions between big current and ether-a-go-go family K(+) channels.

    abstract::Variations in K(+) channel composition allow for differences in cell excitability and, at an organismal level, provide flexibility to behavioral regulation. When the function of a K(+) channel is disrupted, the remaining K(+) channels might incompletely compensate, manifesting as abnormal organismal behavior. In this ...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1534/genetics.111.137455

    authors: LeBoeuf B,Garcia LR

    更新日期:2012-03-01 00:00:00

  • A Statistical Guide to the Design of Deep Mutational Scanning Experiments.

    abstract::The characterization of the distribution of mutational effects is a key goal in evolutionary biology. Recently developed deep-sequencing approaches allow for accurate and simultaneous estimation of the fitness effects of hundreds of engineered mutations by monitoring their relative abundance across time points in a si...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1534/genetics.116.190462

    authors: Matuszewski S,Hildebrandt ME,Ghenu AH,Jensen JD,Bank C

    更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00

  • A simple sequence repeat-based linkage map of barley.

    abstract::A total of 568 new simple sequence repeat (SSR)-based markers for barley have been developed from a combination of database sequences and small insert genomic libraries enriched for a range of short simple sequence repeats. Analysis of the SSRs on 16 barley cultivars revealed variable levels of informativeness but no ...

    journal_title:Genetics

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Ramsay L,Macaulay M,degli Ivanissevich S,MacLean K,Cardle L,Fuller J,Edwards KJ,Tuvesson S,Morgante M,Massari A,Maestri E,Marmiroli N,Sjakste T,Ganal M,Powell W,Waugh R

    更新日期:2000-12-01 00:00:00