P granules in the germ cells of Caenorhabditis elegans adults are associated with clusters of nuclear pores and contain RNA

Developmental Biology

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 315-333

  Pitt, Jason N ^a,b,c   Schisa, Jennifer A ^a,b,c   Priess, James R ^a,b,c  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Annulate lamellae; Caenorhabditis elegans; Germ cells; Germ line; Germ line granules; Germ plasm; Nematode; Nuclear pore; Oogenesis; P granule

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GERM CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0034643020     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9607     Document Type: Article

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