Developmental expression of FOG-1/CPEB protein and its control in the Caenorhabditis elegans hermaphrodite germ line

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 236, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 871-879

  Lamont, Liana B ^a   Kimble, Judith ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Department of Biochemistry   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell number; Germ line; RNA binding protein; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASMIC POLYADENYLATION ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; FOG 1 PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELL; HERMAPHRODITISM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GERM CELLS; HERMAPHRODITISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUTATION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 33947422467     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21081     Document Type: Article

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