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WormBase Tree Display for Gene: WBGene00004729

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Name Class

WBGene00004729SMapS_parentSequenceCHROMOSOME_X
IdentityVersion2
NameCGC_namesax-3Person_evidenceWBPerson42
Sequence_nameZK377.2
Molecular_nameZK377.2a
ZK377.2a.1
CE25688
ZK377.2b
CE31267
ZK377.2b.1
Other_nameCELE_ZK377.2Accession_evidenceNDBBX284606
Public_namesax-3
DB_infoDatabase (11)
SpeciesCaenorhabditis elegans
HistoryVersion_change107 Apr 2004 11:29:36WBPerson1971EventImportedInitial conversion from geneace
202 Mar 2018 11:09:16WBPerson4025EventSplit_intoWBGene00303098
Split_intoWBGene00303098
StatusLive
Gene_infoBiotypeSO:0001217
Gene_classsax
Allele (171)
Legacy_information[Zallen JA] ky123 recessive, homozygotes exhibit aberrant anterior position of nerve ring, many ring axons misrouted, ventral nerve cord neurons often misrouted, cross midline. Encodes three isoforms, longest 1273 aa with 5 Ig repeats, 3 FNIII repeats, TM domain, large cytoplasmic domain. ky123 deletes signal sequence and first exon, probable null. Predicted gene ZK377.3 + ZK377.2
Strain (11)
RNASeq_FPKM (74)
GO_annotation (14)
Ortholog (50)
Paralog (22)
Structured_descriptionConcise_descriptionsax-3 encodes, by alternative splicing, two isoforms of an ortholog of Drosophila ROUNDABOUT, ROBO3, and LEAK, and of human ROBO1, ROBO2 (OMIM:602431, mutated in vesicoureteral reflux), and ROBO3 (OMIM:608630, mutated in horizontal gaze palsy with progressive scoliosis); in larval hermaphrodites, SAX-3 is required to confine migrating sex myoblasts to the ventral muscle quadrants during their migration through the body and for multiple aspects of sensory, motor, and interneuron axon guidance.Paper_evidenceWBPaper00003665
WBPaper00004362
Curator_confirmedWBPerson1843
WBPerson567
Date_last_updated24 Jan 2008 00:00:00
Automated_descriptionEnables axon guidance receptor activity. Involved in generation of neurons and regulation of sensory neuron axon guidance. Located in plasma membrane. Expressed in several structures, including QR.a; QR.p; body wall musculature; neuroblasts; and neurons. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including autosomal recessive congenital nystagmus; hematologic cancer (multiple); and myositis (multiple). Is an ortholog of human ROBO1 (roundabout guidance receptor 1); ROBO2 (roundabout guidance receptor 2); and ROBO3 (roundabout guidance receptor 3).Paper_evidenceWBPaper00065943
Curator_confirmedWBPerson324
WBPerson37462
Inferred_automaticallyThis description was generated automatically by a script based on data from the WS291 version of WormBase
Date_last_updated29 Nov 2023 00:00:00
Disease_infoPotential_model (11)
Molecular_infoCorresponding_CDSZK377.2a
ZK377.2b
Corresponding_CDS_historyZK377.2c:wp264
Corresponding_transcriptZK377.2a.1
ZK377.2b.1
Other_sequence (32)
Associated_feature (39)
Experimental_infoRNAi_resultWBRNAi00086088Inferred_automaticallyRNAi_primary
WBRNAi00086133Inferred_automaticallyRNAi_primary
WBRNAi00009468Inferred_automaticallyRNAi_primary
WBRNAi00009467Inferred_automaticallyRNAi_primary
WBRNAi00067130Inferred_automaticallyRNAi_primary
WBRNAi00059385Inferred_automaticallyRNAi_primary
Expr_pattern (17)
Drives_constructWBCnstr00001914
WBCnstr00003185
WBCnstr00006455
WBCnstr00009445
WBCnstr00012503
WBCnstr00016209
WBCnstr00035424
WBCnstr00039977
WBCnstr00041184
Construct_product (15)
Microarray_results (28)
Expression_clusterWBPaper00031132:LiCl_downregulated
WBPaper00033065:cyc-1(RNAi)_downregulated
WBPaper00036375:enriched_in_PVD_OLL
WBPaper00037055:DAF-16_binding_DNA
WBPaper00037682:sma-2_upregulated
WBPaper00037946:LIN-39_interacting
WBPaper00037950:A-class-motor-neurons_L1-larva_expressed
WBPaper00037950:A-class-motor-neurons_L2-larva_expressed
WBPaper00037950:all-neurons_L1-larva_expressed
WBPaper00037950:AVE-neuron_L1-larva_expressed
WBPaper00037950:CEP-sheath-cells_Day1-adult_expressed
WBPaper00037950:dopaminergic-neurons_L1-larva_expressed
WBPaper00037950:dopaminergic-neurons_L3-L4-larva_expressed
WBPaper00037950:GABAergic-motor-neurons_L1-larva_expressed
WBPaper00037950:GABAergic-motor-neurons_L2-larva_expressed
WBPaper00037950:glr-1(+)-neurons_L2-larva_expressed
WBPaper00037950:PVD-OLL-neurons_L3-L4-larva_expressed
WBPaper00044736:flat_dev_expression
WBPaper00045521:Oogenic
WBPaper00045974:NSM_enriched_totalRNA_RNAseq
WBPaper00046497:B.thuringiensis_0.1mix_downregulated_12h
WBPaper00046497:B.thuringiensis_0.5mix_downregulated_12h
WBPaper00046805:csr-1(RNAi)_downregulated_Set1
WBPaper00048923:Aging_regulated
WBPaper00048988:neuron_enriched
WBPaper00048988:neuron_expressed
WBPaper00049545:cco-1(RNAi)_upregulated
WBPaper00049545:jmjd-3.1(+)_upregulated
WBPaper00049545:rgef-1p-jmjd-1.2(+)_upregulated
WBPaper00049545:sur-5p-jmjd-1.2(+)_upregulated
WBPaper00050015:ifg-1(RNAi)_upregulated
WBPaper00050344:ASER-neuron_enriched
WBPaper00050344:PLM-neuron_enriched
WBPaper00050412:cco-1(RNAi)_upregulated_N2
WBPaper00050488:20C_vs_25C_regulated_mir-34(gk437)_adult
WBPaper00050488:20C_vs_25C_regulated_N2_adult
WBPaper00050859:upregulated_P-granule(-)GFP(+)_vs_control_day2-adult
WBPaper00050990:body-muscle_expressed
WBPaper00050990:hypodermis_expressed
WBPaper00050990:intestine_expressed
WBPaper00050990:NMDA-neuron_expressed
WBPaper00051039:germline_enriched
WBPaper00053295:lin-22(icb38)_upregulated
WBPaper00053295:lin-22(ot267)_upregulated
WBPaper00053295:lin-22(ot269)_upregulated
WBPaper00053321:embryo-to-L1_downregulated_WT_SMARTseq
WBPaper00053321:lin-15B(RNAi)_downregulated_starved-L1_Truseq
WBPaper00053321:nos-1(gv5)nos-2(RNAi)_upregulated_fed-L1_Truseq
WBPaper00053321:nos-1(gv5)nos-2(RNAi)_upregulated_L1_SMARTseq
WBPaper00053321:nos-1(gv5)nos-2(RNAi)_upregulated_starved-L1_Truseq
WBPaper00053321:PGCs_depleted_NuGen
WBPaper00053599:female_vs_male_upregulated
WBPaper00053599:mitosis_vs_meiosis_downregulated
WBPaper00053599:oocyte_vs_mitosis_downregulated
WBPaper00055334:DLC-1_interacting
WBPaper00055804:FBF-1-FBF-2-associated_oogenic-enriched
WBPaper00055971:nhl-2(ok818)_25C_upregulated
WBPaper00056139:soil-microbiota_downregulated
WBPaper00056139:soil-microbiota_upregulated
WBPaper00056161:hermaphrodite_enriched_siRNA
WBPaper00056284:ints-11(RNAi)_downregulated
WBPaper00056443:sek-1(km4)_upregulated
WBPaper00056471:aak-1(tm1944);aak-2(ok524)_upregulated
WBPaper00056826:hmc_biased
WBPaper00056855:his-72(uge40)_downregulated
WBPaper00057288:Cold_downregulated_transcript
WBPaper00057288:iff-1(RNAi)_downregulated_transcript
WBPaper00059027:neuron-synapses_depleted
WBPaper00059356:BAZ-2_SET-6_interacting
WBPaper00059471:EGL-43_interacting
WBPaper00059567:olrn-1(ums9)_regulated
WBPaper00059763:neuron_expressed
WBPaper00060100:SiNP_upregulated_mRNA
WBPaper00060661:sensory-neuron_enriched
WBPaper00060811:L1_vs_adult_upregulated_neural
WBPaper00061340:ALA
WBPaper00061340:AVB
WBPaper00061340:AVE
WBPaper00061340:AVH
WBPaper00061340:AVJ
WBPaper00061340:Glia
WBPaper00061340:Parent_of_AMsh_URB
WBPaper00061340:RIM_parent
WBPaper00061340:RIV
WBPaper00061340:RMD
WBPaper00061340:RMED
WBPaper00061340:SIA
WBPaper00061340:SMD
WBPaper00061527:chd-7_16664-jmjd-3.1
WBPaper00061527:utx-1_2886-swan-1_2192
WBPaper00061818:ELKS-1_interacting
WBPaper00061902:camt-1(ok515)_regulated_RMG
WBPaper00062103:neuron_enriched
WBPaper00064088:Day-3-adult_vs_L4_downregulated_fem-3(q20)
WBPaper00064315:mes-3(bn199)_upregulated_EGCs
WBPaper00064315:mes-4(bn73)_upregulated_EGCs
WBPaper00064315:mrg-1(qa6200)_upregulated_PGCs
WBPaper00064716:paraquat_upregulated
WBPaper00065120:body-muscle-transcriptome
WBPaper00065835:Day11_vs_Day1_upregulated
WBPaper00065841:44_1
WBPaper00065975:P-body_vs_oocyte_enriched
WBPaper00065975:P-body_vs_WholeAnimal_enriched
WBPaper00066110:Doxorubicin_downregulated_diploid
cgc4386_cluster_6_4
cgc4489_group_19
cgc4489_group_23
WBPaper00025141:N2_Expressed_Genes
WBPaper00025141:unc-4::GFP_Expressed_Genes
WBPaper00029437:dcr-1_upregulated
WBPaper00030839:Larval_Pan_Neuronal
WBPaper00031532:Larva_Pan_Neuronal_Enriched
WBPaper00031832:slr-2_regulated
WBPaper00035084:L2_enriched_AIN-2_IP
WBPaper00035084:L4_enriched_AIN-2_IP
WBPaper00035588:alg-1(-)_upregulated
WBPaper00035905:FBF-1_Associated
WBPaper00040603:tdp-1(lf)_down_vs_N2_FC_1.2
WBPaper00040858:eQTL_age_regulated_developing
WBPaper00040963:Q100_down
WBPaper00040963:Q200_down
WBPaper00040985:AIN-2_L4_intestine
WBPaper00041002:HQ_3d_2.0mM_Down
WBPaper00041606:CE_X.nematophila_regulated
WBPaper00041906:I-3690_vs_OP50_3d
WBPaper00045263:0.1mM-paraquat_upregulated
WBPaper00045263:isp-1(qm150)_upregulated
WBPaper00045263:nuo-6(qm200)_upregulated
WBPaper00045263:ProLongevity-mtROS_upregulated
WBPaper00050538:Fasting_upregulated
WBPaper00057098:SiO2-nanoparticles_upregulated
[cgc5767]:expression_class_M
[cgc5767]:expression_class_SM
[cgc6390]:mixed_oogenesis-somatic
InteractionWBInteraction000001176
WBInteraction000001444
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Anatomy_functionWBbtf0177
Map_infoMapXPosition-10.3398Error0.007528
Well_ordered
PositiveInside_rearrmnDp57
Positive_cloneR06A1
ZK377Inferred_automaticallyFrom sequence, transcript, pseudogene data
Mapping_dataMulti_point3695
3696
4758
Pos_neg_data9401
Reference (143)
RemarkInferred from Zallen et al. (1998)
2 predicted genes (see phenotype) have been merged. [sdm 05/00]
MethodGene