GLS-1, a novel P granule component, modulates a network of conserved RNA regulators to influence germ cell fate decisions

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Rybarska, Agata ^a   Harterink, Martin ^a,b   Jedamzik, Britta ^a   Kupinski, Adam P ^a   Schmid, Mark ^a   Eckmann, Christian R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^b HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN FBF 1; PROTEIN GLD 3; PROTEIN GLS 1; PROTEIN NOS 3; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; GLD 3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; GLD-3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HELMINTH RNA; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL FATE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENOME; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; GERMPLASM; HERMAPHRODITISM; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA BINDING; SPERMATOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GRANULE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RNA PROCESSING; SPERMATOZOON;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; GERM CELLS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 67149128437     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000494     Document Type: Article

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