Finding function in novel targets: C. elegans as a model organism

T Kaletta, MO Hengartner - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2006 - nature.com
Despite its apparent simplicity, the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans has developed
into an important model for biomedical research, particularly in the functional …

The utility of single nucleotide polymorphisms in inferences of population history

RT Brumfield, P Beerli, DA Nickerson… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2003 - cell.com
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) represent the most widespread type of sequence
variation in genomes, yet they have only emerged recently as valuable genetic markers for …

Rapid SNP discovery and genetic map** using sequenced RAD markers

NA Baird, PD Etter, TS Atwood, MC Currey, AL Shiver… - PloS one, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) discovery and genoty** are essential to genetic
map**. There remains a need for a simple, inexpensive platform that allows high-density …

A Conserved p38 MAP Kinase Pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans Innate Immunity

DH Kim, R Feinbaum, G Alloing, FE Emerson… - Science, 2002 - science.org
A genetic screen for Caenorhabditis elegans mutants with enhanced susceptibility to killing
by Pseudomonas aeruginosa led to the identification of two genes required for pathogen …

An initial map of insertion and deletion (INDEL) variation in the human genome

RE Mills, CT Luttig, CE Larkins, A Beauchamp… - Genome …, 2006 - genome.cshlp.org
Although many studies have been conducted to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms
(SNPs) in humans, few studies have been conducted to identify alternative forms of natural …

The TOR pathway interacts with the insulin signaling pathway to regulate C. elegans larval development, metabolism and life span

K Jia, D Chen, DL Riddle - 2004 - journals.biologists.com
The highly conserved target-of-rapamycin (TOR) protein kinases control cell growth in
response to nutrients and growth factors. In mammals, TOR has been shown to interact with …

The million mutation project: a new approach to genetics in Caenorhabditis elegans

O Thompson, M Edgley, P Strasbourger… - Genome …, 2013 - genome.cshlp.org
We have created a library of 2007 mutagenized Caenorhabditis elegans strains, each
sequenced to a target depth of 15-fold coverage, to provide the research community with …

A microRNA controlling left/right neuronal asymmetry in Caenorhabditis elegans

RJ Johnston Jr, O Hobert - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
How left/right functional asymmetry is layered on top of an anatomically symmetrical nervous
system is poorly understood. In the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, two morphologically …

Manganese: recent advances in understanding its transport and neurotoxicity

M Aschner, TR Guilarte, JS Schneider… - Toxicology and applied …, 2007 - Elsevier
The present review is based on presentations from the meeting of the Society of Toxicology
in San Diego, CA (March 2006). It addresses recent developments in the understanding of …

Common Sequence Polymorphisms Sha** Genetic Diversity in Arabidopsis thaliana

RM Clark, G Schweikert, C Toomajian, S Ossowski… - science, 2007 - science.org
The genomes of individuals from the same species vary in sequence as a result of different
evolutionary processes. To examine the patterns of, and the forces sha**, sequence …