C. elegans ced-4RNA,

S Shaham1, H R Horvitz

  • 1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA.

Cell
|July 26, 1996
PubMed
まとめ

C. elegans の ced-4 遺伝子は,プログラムされた細胞死における二重の役割を担っており,あるトランスクリプトは細胞死を促進し,別のトランスクリプトは細胞死を阻害する. ced-9の影響を受けるこのバランスが,細胞の運命を決定する.

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