Gene
- Public Gene Name
- ced-10
- Sequence Name
- C09G12.8
- WB ID
- WBGene00000424
- Description
- ced-10 encodes a GTPase orthologous to human RAC1 (OMIM:602048) that is required for phagocytosis during programmed cell death and for migration of the distal tip cells of the somatic gonad; CED-10 functions in the engulfing cell during apoptosis, and is activated by a complex of CED-2(CrkII) and CED-5(DOCK180) to promote formation of the polarized cell extensions associated with cell corpse engulfment.
