PIE-1 is a bifunctional protein that regulates maternal and zygotic gene expression in the embryonic germ line of Caenorhabditis elegans

Genes and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1031-1040

  Tenenhaus, C ^a   Subramaniam, K ^a   Dunn, M A ^a   Seydoux, G ^a  

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

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; CCCH fingers; Germ line; Maternal mRNAs; P granules; PIE 1; Transcription

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; GERM CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELMINTH PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOTHERS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035871384     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.876201     Document Type: Article

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