The Puf RNA-binding proteins FBF-1 and FBF-2 inhibit the expression of synaptonemal complex proteins in germline stem cells

Development

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1787-1798

  Merritt, Christopher ^a   Seydoux, Geraldine ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Germ cells; Meiosis; Post transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FBF 1; PROTEIN FBF 2; PROTEIN GLD 1; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; STEM CELL; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GERM CELLS; MEIOSIS; MICE; MITOSIS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; STEM CELLS; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 77952168984     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.050799     Document Type: Article

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