The Caenorhabditis elegans pumilio homolog, puf-9, is required for the 3′UTR-mediated repression of the let-7 microRNA target gene, hbl-1

Developmental Biology

Volumn 305, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 551-563

  Nolde, Mona J ^a   Saka, Nazli ^a   Reinert, Kristy L ^a   Slack, Frank J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Development; hbl 1; hunchback; let 7; MicroRNA; puf 9; Pumilio

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN HBL1; PROTEIN LET7; PROTEIN LIN41; PROTEIN PUF9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EPIDERMIS CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEM CELL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; VENTRAL ROOT;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 34247582864     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.02.040     Document Type: Article

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