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ArticleGenetics2006

Interactions of UNC-34 Enabled with Rac GTPases and the NIK kinase MIG-15 in Caenorhabditis elegans axon pathfinding and neuronal migration.

M Afaq Shakir, Jason S Gill, Erik A Lundquist

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Article in Genetics, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

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50citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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50 citing papers in PubMed, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M Afaq ShakirDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA.
Jason S Gill
Erik A Lundquist
University of Kansas · US

Funding

Research Design and Analysis Core (RDAC)P30HD002528 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE · PI FOWLER, STEPHEN CLETIUS · 1985 to 2015
$22.1M
CYTOSKELETAL SIGNALING AND AXON GUIDANCER01NS040945 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE · PI LUNDQUIST, ERIK A · 2001 to 2013
$3.3M
Cytoskeletal Signaling and Axon GuidanceR56NS040945 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE · PI LUNDQUIST, ERIK A · 2009 to 2009
$360k
NICHD NIH HHS P30 HD002528NICHD NIH HHS P30 HD02528NINDS NIH HHS NS40945NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS040945NINDS NIH HHS R56 NS040945
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many genes that affect axon pathfinding and cell migration have been identified. Mechanisms by which these genes and the molecules they encode interact with one another in pathways and networks to control developmental events are unclear. Rac GTPases, the cytoskeletal signaling molecule Enabled, and NIK kinase have all been implicated in regulating axon pathfinding and cell migration. Here we present evidence that, in Caenorhabditis elegans, three Rac GTPases, CED-10, RAC-2, and MIG-2, define three redundant pathways that each control axon pathfinding, and that the NIK kinase MIG-15 acts in each Rac pathway. Furthermore, we show that the Enabled molecule UNC-34 defines a fourth partially redundant pathway that acts in parallel to Rac/MIG-15 signaling in axon pathfinding. Enabled and the three Racs also act redundantly to mediate AQR and PQR neuronal cell migration. The Racs and UNC-34 Ena might all control the formation of actin-based protrusive structures (lamellipodia and filopodia) that mediate growth cone outgrowth and cell migration. MIG-15 does not act with the three Racs in execution of cell migration. Rather, MIG-15 affects direction of PQR neuronal migration, similar to UNC-40 and DPY-19, which control initial Q cell polarity, and Wnt signaling, which acts later to control Q cell-directed migration. MIG-2 Rac, which acts with CED-10 Rac, RAC-2 Rac, and UNC-34 Ena in axon pathfinding and cell migration, also acts with MIG-15 in PQR directional migration.

Indexed as

AllelesAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAxonsBase SequenceCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCell MovementMolecular Sequence DataNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsNF-kappaB-Inducing KinaseProtein Serine-Threonine Kinasesrac GTP-Binding ProteinsSignal TransductionCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCED-10 protein, C elegansMig-2 protein, C elegansNerve Tissue ProteinsNF-kappaB-Inducing KinaseProtein Serine-Threonine Kinasesrac GTP-Binding Proteinsunc-34 protein, C elegans

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PMID16204220
PMCPMC1456253
OpenAlexW2112399803

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