P granule assembly and function in Caenorhabditis elegans germ cells

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-60

  Updike, Dustin ^a   Strome, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatoid bodies; Germ granules; Nuage

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; HELICASE; POLYNUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN CAR1; PROTEIN CCF1; PROTEIN CDE1; PROTEIN CGH1; PROTEIN DCAP1; PROTEIN DCAP2; PROTEIN DEPS 1; PROTEIN DRH 3; PROTEIN EGO 1; PROTEIN GLD 1; PROTEIN GLD 2; PROTEIN GLD3; PROTEIN GLD4; PROTEIN GLH1; PROTEIN GLH2; PROTEIN GLH3; PROTEIN GLH4; PROTEIN GLS1; PROTEIN IFE1; PROTEIN LAF1; PROTEIN MEG1; PROTEIN MEG2; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL GRANULE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOPLASM; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELL; MALE FERTILITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA METABOLISM; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSLATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GERM CELLS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS;

EID: 77749286136     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.109.008292     Document Type: Conference Paper

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