Translational repression restricts expression of the C. elegans Nanos homolog NOS-2 to the embryonic germline

Developmental Biology

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 244-252

  D'Agostino, Ingrid ^a   Merritt, Chris ^a   Chen, Pei Lung ^a   Seydoux, Geraldine ^a   Subramaniam, Kuppuswamy ^a  

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

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; CCCH finger; Germ cells; Nanos; RNA degradation; Translational control

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN MEX 5; PROTEIN MEX 6; PROTEIN NOS 2; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MEX 5 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MEX 6 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MEX-5 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MEX-6 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; NOS 2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; NOS-2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; POS 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; POS-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ZEBRA FISH; 3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINEAGE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DANIO RERIO;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLASTOMERES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; TRANSGENES;

EID: 33646447399     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.11.046     Document Type: Article

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