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WormBase Tree Display for Gene: WBGene00005154

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Name Class

WBGene00005154IdentityVersion1
NameCGC_namesrf-4Person_evidenceWBPerson494
Public_namesrf-4
SpeciesCaenorhabditis elegans
HistoryVersion_change107 Apr 2004 11:29:37WBPerson1971EventImportedInitial conversion from geneace
StatusLive
Gene_infoGene_classsrf
Reference_alleleWBVar00054522
AlleleWBVar00054522Inferred_automaticallyFrom strain object: CL183
WBVar00054372
WBVar00142872
WBVar00142856
WBVar00142869
WBVar00142868
WBVar00142848
WBVar00054537
Legacy_information[C.elegansII] ct109 : altered cuticle labelling, ectopic WGA lectin binding, pleiotropic defects: Unc, Egl, Mab, Mig (DTC), variable neuronal abnormalities, SDS-sensitive dauers; enhance lin-12(gf). OA7: ct113, dv11, dv39 etc. [Link et al. 1992; CL]
StrainWBStrain00005056
Structured_descriptionConcise_descriptionsrf-4 was identified as a mutation that alters the surface antigenicity of the cuticle in C. elegans; srf-4 mutations show altered binding to antibodies raised against the cuticles of wild-type worms, and lectins like wheat germ agglutinin; the altered binding maybe the result of an expression of a new antigen that is likely hidden in wild type and thus cryptic to surface reactive reagents; in addition to change in cuticle reactivity, srf-4 mutants also show uncoordinated movement, abnormal gonadal and male tail morphologies, and male infertility.Paper_evidenceWBPaper00001576
WBPaper00001002
WBPaper00001706
WBPaper00001280
Curator_confirmedWBPerson324
Date_last_updated05 Oct 2011 00:00:00
Disease_infoExperimental_modelDOID:104Homo sapiensPaper_evidenceWBPaper00006215
Curator_confirmedWBPerson324
Date_last_updated07 Nov 2023 00:00:00
Disease_relevanceC. elegans is used as a model system to study bacterial adherence via biofilm formation and to identify genes in the infectious agent as well as the host that are required for infection; elegans srf genes are required for cuticle surface properties like binding to antigens, and for the adherence of bacterial pathogens like Yersinia pseduotuberculosis and Yersinia pestis via biofilms.Homo sapiensPaper_evidenceWBPaper00001706
WBPaper00026735
WBPaper00029153
Curator_confirmedWBPerson324
Date_last_updated06 Mar 2013 00:00:00
Models_disease_in_annotationWBDOannot00000016
Experimental_infoInteractionWBInteraction000052125
WBInteraction000052128
WBInteraction000052129
Map_infoMapVPosition24.1204Error0.145345
PositiveInside_rearrozDf1
ozDf2
Mapping_dataMulti_point1598
1599
1600
1601
Pos_neg_data8971
8978
Reference (13)
MethodGene