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Cell,
2009]
The memory of somatic cell gene expression is reset in the germline in a process that is accompanied by dramatic changes in chromatin modifications. In this issue, Katz et al. (2009) show that the histone demethylase Lsd1/Spr-5 may participate in this resetting process in the worm, thereby preventing a decline in germ cell epigenetic stability and viability over ensuing generations.
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Curr Biol,
2006]
A left-right asymmetry in neuronal function is specified surprisingly early during embryogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans. Do early cues influence left-right asymmetries in other animals? How are early cues remembered until late in development?
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Dev Cell,
2014]
Epigenetic memory stably maintains and transmits information during genome replication. Recently in Science, Gaydos etal. (2014) show that repressive chromatin marks exhibit transgenerational stability in the absence of chromatin-modifying enzymes in Caenorhabditis elegans, in contrast to work in flies suggesting that such proteins mediate stable inheritance of epigenetic modifications.
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Mol Cell,
2014]
In this issue of Molecular Cell, Hendriks et al. (2014) uncover extensive oscillations in global gene expression during C. elegans development, in synchrony with the molting cycle.
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Mol Cell,
2015]
In this issue of Molecular Cell, Labbadia and Morimoto (2015) show that there is a precipitous decline in stress resistance at the onset of reproduction in C.elegans and that this transition is regulated by changes in repressive chromatin marks.
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Neuron,
2002]
Cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG) has been implicated in the regulation of diverse aspects of vertebrate and insect behavior, yet the mechanisms underlying these effects are poorly understood. In this issue of Neuron, Fujiwara et al. and L'Etoile et al. address the neural basis for PKG function in C. elegans and demonstrate the power of behavioral genetic analysis in simple systems in the elucidation of neuronal signaling mechanisms in vivo.
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Curr Biol,
2010]
Defects in meiosis can produce different checkpoint responses in female and male animals, suggesting that meiotic checkpoints exhibit sexual dimorphism. A recent study in Caenorhabditis elegans indicates that meiotic checkpoint activation is similar between the sexes and the primary difference lies in the downstream consequences.
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Worm,
2016]
Aging is accompanied by large-scale changes in the proteome, which could have important consequences for cellular and organismal physiology. In this commentary, we review recent studies characterizing the aging proteome in C. elegans. We assess the evidence that the rates of protein synthesis, folding, and degradation change with age in C. elegans, and evaluate whether changes in these pathways limit normal lifespan. We also discuss large-scale studies measuring changes in the proteome with age that suggest that a failure to excrete reproductive proteins in post-reproductive animals plays a role in changing protein levels with age.
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Curr Biol,
2011]
The molecular pathways regulating sleep remain poorly understood. Studies in this issue demonstrate a role for Notch signaling in sleep regulation as well as stress response in both Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila.
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Neuromuscul Disord,
2004]
In her commentary on our recently published paper, A. de Luca questions the approach consisting in screening random molecules on a dystrophin-deficient invertebrate model (C. elegans) in order to identify potential therapeutic clues.