Controls of germline stem cells, entry into meiosis, and the sperm/oocyte decision in Caenorhabditis elegans

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 23, Issue , 2007, Pages 405-433

  Kimble, Judith ^a   Crittenden, Sarah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell number; CPEB; Hermaphrodite evolution; Mitosis meiosis decision; Notch signaling; PUF proteins; Regulatory network; Stem cell niche

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASMIC POLYADENYLATION ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; MESSENGER RNA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; POLYNUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN FBF; RNA BINDING PROTEIN PUF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; DISTAL TIP CELL; GERM LINE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; SPERM; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GERM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; OOCYTES; SPERMATOZOA; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 36849045088     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.23.090506.123326     Document Type: Review

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