The Caenorhabditis elegans sel-12 gene encodes a multi-pass transmembrane domain protein that is similar to human presenilin.[1] sel-12 positively regulates the lin-12 and glp-1 Notch signaling pathways during hermaphrodite gonadal, vulval, and germline development.[1] sel-12 also plays a role in thermotaxis (the nematode worm prefers a certain temperature and moves accordingly).[2]

C. elegans gene abbreviations: sel, Suppressor/Enhancer of Lin-12; lin, cell LINeage defective; glp, Germ Line Proliferation defective.

sel-12 gene summary (WormBase)

References

  1. 1 2 Diane Levitan, Iva Greenwald (September 1995). "Facilitation of lin-12-mediated signalling by sel-12, a Caenorhabditis elegans S182 Alzheimer's disease gene". Nature. 377 (6547): 351–354. Bibcode:1995Natur.377..351L. doi:10.1038/377351a0. PMID 7566091. S2CID 4314257.
  2. ↑ Stefan Eimer (2003). "Analysis and suppression of mutant sel-12 in C. elegans". Ph.D. Thesis, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany.
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