Two regulatory pathways exist for ABA catabolism:

the oxidative pathway and the sugar conjugation pathway

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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

C. elegans demonstrates both the conditional and autonomous modes of cell specification. 

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The P1 cell develops autonomously without the presence of AB, generating all the cells it would normally make, and the result is the posterior half of an embryo.

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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

AB cell in isolation makes only a small fraction of the cell types it would normally make.

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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

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.