Table 1 IFT velocities of KAP-1 protein along middle segments of amphid in well-fed and starved worms.

From: Environmental responsiveness of tubulin glutamylation in sensory cilia is regulated by the p38 MAPK pathway

Strain

Condition

n/N

Mean (μm/s)

Median (μm/s)

Mann-Whitney’s U test

Wild-type

Well-fed

45/10

0.73 ± 0.18

0.70

 

Starved

26/5

0.86 ± 0.19

0.87

p < 0.01

ttll-4(tm3310)

Well-fed

45/8

0.65 ± 0.12

0.66

 

Starved

41/5

0.69 ± 0.18

0.69

n.s.

pmk-1(km25)

Well-fed

45/10

0.80 ± 0.17

0.79

 

Starved

45/10

0.83 ± 0.15

0.79

n.s.

ttll-4(tm3310); [che-2::TTLL-4(Wild-type)]

Well-fed

45/10

0.73 ± 0.15

0.74

 

Starved

45/10

0.85 ± 0.16

0.85

p < 0.01

ttll-4(tm3310); [che-2::TTLL-4(T446A)]

Well-fed

45/5

0.73 ± 0.19

0.68

 

Starved

50/10

0.74 ± 0.20

0.71

n.s.

  1. Data are expressed mean ± SD, median, and the number of particles (n) and number of worms analysed (N). Mann-Whitney’s U test was preformed to compare well-fed and starved worms for each strain. n.s.: not significant.
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