WormBase Tree Display for Gene: WBGene00003428
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WBGene00003428 | Identity (5) | |||||
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Gene_info | Gene_class | msp | ||||
Legacy_information | [C.elegansII] NMK. Encodes MSP (16kD); msp-152 cluster. [Ward et al. (1988); BA] | |||||
Structured_description | Concise_description | msp-29 encodes a protein that belongs to a family of proteins called the Major Sperm Proteins (MSPs) that is conserved in nematodes; this family consists of closely related, small, basic proteins that make up 15% of sperm protein; this multigene family consists of over fifty genes, including many pseudogenes; MSPs are involved in both extracellular signaling and cytoskeletal functions during reproduction-MSP antagonizes Eph/ephrin signaling, in part, by binding VAB-1 Eph receptor tyrosine kinase on oocytes and sheath cells to promote oocyte maturation and MAPK activation; MSPs assemble into fibrous networks that drive movement of the C. elegans sperm; msp genes are expressed only in late primary spermatocytes. | Paper_evidence | WBPaper00001023 | ||
WBPaper00002143 | ||||||
WBPaper00004591 | ||||||
WBPaper00005670 | ||||||
Curator_confirmed | WBPerson324 | |||||
Date_last_updated | 31 Mar 2005 00:00:00 | |||||
Automated_description | Expressed in gonad; oocyte; and sperm. | Paper_evidence | WBPaper00065943 | |||
Curator_confirmed | WBPerson324 | |||||
WBPerson37462 | ||||||
Inferred_automatically | This description was generated automatically by a script based on data from the WS291 version of WormBase | |||||
Date_last_updated | 29 Nov 2023 00:00:00 | |||||
Experimental_info (2) | ||||||
Reference | WBPaper00001023 | |||||
WBPaper00001024 | ||||||
Method | Gene |