The germline in C. Elegans: Origins, proliferation, and silencing

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 203, Issue , 2001, Pages 139-185

  Seydoux, Geraldine ^a,b   Schedl, Tim ^a,b  

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

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Gene silencing; Germ cells; GLP 1 Notch signaling; Meiosis; P granules; RNA mediated interference; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

NOTCH RECEPTOR; RNA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GERM CELL; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPOSON;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035213680     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7696(01)03006-6     Document Type: Article

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