<i>C. elegans</i> Showing Dauer Phase (IMAGE)

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

<i>C. elegans</i> Showing Dauer Phase

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The free-living nematode, C. elegans, exists in a stress-resistant form called dauer in low-resource or overcrowded conditions. University of Illinois and University of Pennsylvania researchers found the protein responsible for this structural remodeling, DEX-1. The extracellular matrix protein may shed light on metastasis in human cancers and other processes involving stem cells.

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Nathan Schroeder, University of Illinois

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