A novel puf-A gene predicted from evolutionary analysis is involved in the development of eyes and primordial germ-cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Kuo, Ming Wei ^a   Wang, Sheng Hung ^a   Chang, Jui Chin ^b   Chang, Chien Huei ^a   Huang, Ling Jyun ^a   Lin, Hsin Hung ^b   Yu, Alice Lin Tsing ^b   Li, Wen Hsiung ^b,c,d   Yu, John ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b GENOMICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PUMILIO AND FEM 3 MESSENGER RNA BINDING FACTOR A; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PUF A PROTEIN, HUMAN; PUF A PROTEIN, MOUSE; PUF A PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; PUF-A PROTEIN, HUMAN; PUF-A PROTEIN, MOUSE; PUF-A PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SUPERCOILING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; MICROPHTHALMIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PIGMENT CELL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOTION; EVOLUTION; EYE; GERM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

DANIO RERIO; MUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOVEMENT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EYE; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 63449096588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004980     Document Type: Article

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