RNA helicase A is important for germline transcriptional control, proliferation, and meiosis in C. elegans

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 707-720

  Walstrom, Katherine M ^a   Schmidt, Deborah ^a   Bean, Christopher J ^b   Kelly, William G ^b  

^a NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Chromatin modification; Gametogenesis; Germline; Proliferation; RNA helicase A; Silencing; Transcription

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; LYSINE; RNA HELICASE; RNA HELICASE A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE DELETION; GERM CELL; MALE; MEIOSIS; METHYLATION; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WORM;

EID: 16244381116     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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