The protein encoded by the germ plasm RNA Germes associates with dynein light chains and functions in Xenopus germline development

Differentiation

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 546-558

  Berekelya, Lyubov A ^a,b   Mikryukov, Alexander A ^a,d   Luchinskaya, Natalia N ^a,b   Ponomarev, Maxim B ^a   Woodland, Hugh R ^c   Belyavsky, Alexander V ^a  

^a ENGELHARDT INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Cytoskeletal motors; dlc8; Dynein; Germ plasm; Immunoprecipitation; Primordial germ cells; Xenopus; Yeast two hybrid system

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GERMES PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GERM LINE; GERMPLASM; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; VERO CELL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34447339428     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.2006.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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