C. elegans RNA-binding proteins PUF-8 and MEX-3 function redundantly to promote germline stem cell mitosis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 326, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 295-304

  Ariz, Mohd ^a   Mainpal, Rana ^a   Subramaniam, Kuppuswamy ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Germ cells; PUF proteins; RNA binding protein; Translational control

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN MEX 3; PROTEIN PUF 8; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GAMETOGENESIS; LARVAL STAGE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA PUMILIO; HEXAPODA;

EID: 58649114059     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.11.024     Document Type: Article

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