3′ UTRs Are the Primary Regulators of Gene Expression in the C. elegans Germline

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 1476-1482

  Merritt, Christopher ^a   Rasoloson, Dominique ^a   Ko, Darae ^a   Seydoux, Geraldine ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

DEVBIO; DNA; RNA

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; RNA PROCESSING; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; MALE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 53249143880     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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