PGL-1, a predicted RNA-binding component of germ granules, is essential for fertility in C. elegans

Cell

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 635-645

  Kawasaki, Ichiro ^a   Shim, Yhong Hee ^a,c   Kirchner, Jay ^a   Kaminker, Joshua ^a,d   Wood, William B ^b   Strome, Susan ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FERTILITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM CELL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0032483543     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81605-0     Document Type: Article

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