Binding of gibberellin receptor GID1 to DELLA repressor proteins triggers ubiquitination of the latter via the F-box protein SLY1 and subsequent degradation

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The determination of the P1-derived somatic founder cells (MS, E, C, and D)are autonomous, with cell fates determined by internal cytoplasmic factors SKN-1, PAL-1, and PIE-1

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The SKN-1 protein is a transcription factor that initiates the activation of those genes responsible for forming the pharynx and intestine.

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The SKN-1 protein is a maternally expressed transcription factor that controls the fate of the P1 blastomere(P1🡪EMS 🡪MS), that generates the posterior pharynx.

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Embryos from homozygous skn-1-deficient mothers lack both pharyngeal mesoderm & endoderm derivatives of EMS.

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skn-1-deficient embryos make extra hypodermal (skin) & body wall tissue.

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PAL-1 activity is needed for the normal development of the somatic (but not the germline) descendants of the P2 blastomere, specifies muscle production.