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WBbiopr:00000031Public_nameMolting
SummaryUnder good conditions, C. elegans enters and exits four larval stages before becoming a fertile adult. Each developmental stage is punctuated with a molt that entails the shedding of the larval cuticle and the generation of a completely new one. It has been shown that each cuticle is unique in its composition. Molting is a carefully timed process that needs to be coordinated with development, new cuticle synthesis, and cuticle shedding. Mutations in a set of genes called heterochronic genes regulates the timing development and the molts and result in precocious or retarded development of parts of the animals that aren't synchronized with the animals' life stage.
Related_topicSpecialisation_ofWBbiopr:00000026
Involved_entityGeneWBGene00003003Paper_evidenceWBPaper00001144
WBGene00002993Paper_evidenceWBPaper00001144
WBGene00003014Paper_evidenceWBPaper00001144
WBGene00003015Paper_evidenceWBPaper00001144
InteractionWBInteraction000519032
Life_stageWBls:0000026Paper_evidenceWBPaper00001144
WBls:0000029Paper_evidenceWBPaper00001144
WBls:0000031Paper_evidenceWBPaper00001144
WBls:0000037Paper_evidenceWBPaper00001144
WBls:0000040Paper_evidenceWBPaper00001144
WBls:0000043Paper_evidenceWBPaper00001144
WBls:0000053Paper_evidenceWBPaper00001144
Associated_withPhenotypeWBPhenotype:0000170Paper_evidenceWBPaper00001144
WBPhenotype:0000438Paper_evidenceWBPaper00001144
WBPhenotype:0002041
WBPhenotype:0002042
GO_termGO:0018996
GO:0022404
PathwayDB_infoDatabaseWikiPathwaysPathwayWP2357
Remark"WikiPathways" "Pathway" "WP2357"
ReferenceWBPaper00001144
WBPaper00046177