PMK-1 (Caenorhabditis elegans)
Description [+]
- Synonyms: PMK-1
- Species: Metazoa;Bilateria;Ecdysozoa;Nematoda; Caenorhabditis elegans
- Short gene description: pmk-1 encodes a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), orthologous to human p38 MAPK (OMIM:600289), that is required for eliciting gonadal programmed cell death in response to Salmonella enterica infection. PMK-1 lies upstream of CED-9, a negative regulator of apoptosis, in the programmed cell death pathway. [Source: WormBase]
- Family: Null
- Process:
- Pathways:
- Criteria: homology search
- Curator comment: Null
- WIKI: PMK-1-C_elegans
