The Core Apoptotic Executioner Proteins CED-3 and CED-4 Promote Initiation of Neuronal Regeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans
Author(s) -
Bérangère PinanLucarré,
Christopher V. Gabel,
Christopher P. Reina,
S. Elizabeth Hulme,
Sergey S. Shevkoplyas,
R. Daniel Slone,
Jian Xue,
Yujie Qiao,
Sarah Weisberg,
Kevin Roodhouse,
Lin Sun,
George M. Whitesides,
Aravinthan D. T. Samuel,
Monica Driscoll
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001331
Subject(s) - biology , microbiology and biotechnology , caenorhabditis elegans , regeneration (biology) , calcium signaling , endoplasmic reticulum , signal transduction , genetics , gene
Laser severing of individual axons in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans revealed that the apoptotic executioner caspase CED-3 and its regulator CED-4/Apaf-1 play an unexpected beneficial role in promoting axonal regeneration.
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