Signal Transduction: A Different Kind of Toll Is in the BAG.
A recent study identifies a role for a Toll pathway with likely non-canonical features in the developmental specification of BAG neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans. These neurons function to sense carbon dioxide, which is shown to facilitate avoidance of pathogenic bacteria.
Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: dhkim@mit.edu.
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D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression; D012706:Serratia marcescens / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction