Genetic analysis of the Caenorhabditis elegans GLH family of P-granule proteins

Genetics

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1973-1987

  Spike, Caroline ^a,c   Meyer, Nicole ^a   Racen, Erica ^b   Orsborn, April ^b,d   Kirchner, Jay ^a,e   Kuznicki, Kathleen ^b,f   Yee, Christopher ^b,g   Bennett, Karen ^b   Strome, Susan ^a,h  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e University of the Cumberlands   (United States)

^f DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAP BINDING PROTEIN; DEAD BOX PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLH 1; PROTEIN GLH 2; PROTEIN GLH 3; PROTEIN GLH 4; PROTEIN IFE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; GLH 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; GLH-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HYBRID PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISTASIS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPERM; ALLELE; ANIMAL; CELL GRANULE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; MITOSIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; GERM CELLS; INFERTILITY; MITOSIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 45849115125     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.083469     Document Type: Article

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