Depletion of the cap-associated isoform of translation factor eIF4G induces germline apoptosis in C. elegans

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1232-1242

  Contreras, V ^a   Richardson, M A ^a   Hao, E ^a   Keiper, B D ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN CED 4; PROTEIN IFG 1; PROTEIN P130; PROTEIN P170; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ELF4G;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM LINE; HOMEOSTASIS; LARVAL STAGE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4G; GAMETOGENESIS; GERM CELLS; HOMEOSTASIS; OOCYTES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA CAPS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 47249161257     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: 14765403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2008.46     Document Type: Article

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