nos-1 and nos-2, two genes related to Drosophila nanos, regulate primordial germ cell development and survival in Caenorhabditis elegans

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 4861-4871

  Subramaniam, Kuppuswamy ^a   Seydoux, Geraldine ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caenorhabditis elegans; Germline; Nanos; P granules; Primordial germ cells

Indexed keywords

RNA BINDING PROTEIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MATURATION; CELL VIABILITY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; HEAD; HELMINTH PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA NANOS; DROSOPHILA PUMILIO; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032736069     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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