Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5B activity regulates larval growth rate and germline development in Caenorhabditis elegans

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 412-418

  Yu, Xiang ^a   Vought, Valarie E ^a   Conradt, Barbara ^b   Maine, Eleanor M ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; elF5B; Germ line; GLP 1 Notch; Translation initiation factor

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR 5; ISOPROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLP 1; TRANSLATION INTIATION FACTOR 5B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; EGO GENE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; GROWTH RATE; IFFB 1 GENE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; ZYGOTE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33749031850     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20232     Document Type: Article

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