Pos-1 encodes a cytoplasmic zinc-finger protein essential for germline specification in C. elegans

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Tabara, Hiroaki ^a   Hill, Russell J ^b   Mello, Craig C ^c   Priess, James R ^b,d   Kohara, Yuji ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; CCCH finger; Embryogenesis; Germ cells; POS 1

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLASTOMERES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SODIUM CHANNELS; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032922940     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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