C. elegans La-related protein, LARP-1, localizes to germline P bodies and attenuates Ras-MAPK signaling during oogenesis

RNA

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1378-1389

  Nykamp, Keith ^a   Lee, Myon Hee ^a   Kimble, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

La motif; Larp; MAPK; P bodies

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; LA ANTIGEN; LA RELATED PROTEIN 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; RAS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOPLASMIC PROCESSING BODY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE; GERM LINE; LARP 1 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA DEGRADATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CYTOPLASM; GERM CELLS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; OOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; RAS PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 45749126026     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.1066008     Document Type: Article

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