DjCBC-1, a conserved DEAD box RNA helicase of the RCK/p54/Me31B family, is a component of RNA-protein complexes in planarian stem cells and neurons

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 236, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3436-3450

  Yoshida Kashikawa, Maki ^a   Shibata, Norito ^a,b   Takechi, Katsuaki ^a   Agata, Kiyokazu ^a,b  

^a RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromatoid body; DEAD box RNA helicase; Germline; Neoblast; Neuron; Planarian; Post transcriptional regulation; RCK p54 Me31B family; RNP complex

Indexed keywords

DEAD BOX PROTEIN; DUGESIA JAPONICA CHROMATID BODY COMPONENT 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GERM LINE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEXUALITY; STEM CELL; TURBELLARIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; PLANARIANS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STEM CELLS;

DUGESIA JAPONICA; PLANARIA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 37249024601     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21375     Document Type: Article

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