The GLH proteins, Caenorhabditis elegans P granule components, associate with CSN-5 and KGB-1, proteins necessary for fertility, and with ZYX-1, a predicted cytoskeletal protein

Developmental Biology

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 333-347

  Smith, Pliny ^a   Leung Chiu, W M ^a   Montgomery, Ruth ^a   Orsborn, April ^a   Kuznicki, Kathleen ^a   Gressman Coberly, Emily ^a   Mutapcic, Lejla ^a   Bennett, Karen ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

COP9 signalosome; Germline; GST pull downs; JNK kinase; LIM domain; MAP kinase; RNA helicase; RNAi; Two hybrid screen; Zyxin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN CSN 5; PROTEIN KGB 1; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN ZYX 1; RNA HELICASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZYXIN;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; DNA LIBRARY; ENDOREDUPLICATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC STRAIN; GERM CELL; GONAD; GRANULE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; STEM CELL; YEAST;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036434142     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2002.0832     Document Type: Article

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