Bioinformatic analysis of P granule-related proteins: Insights into germ granule evolution in nematodes

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 220, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 41-52

  Bezares Calderón, Luis A ^a   Becerra, Arturo ^b   Salinas, Laura S ^a   Maldonado, Ernesto ^a   Navarro, Rosa E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Germ granules; Nematodes' evolution; RNA helicases

Indexed keywords

CGH 1 PROTEIN; DEAD BOX PROTEIN; DEPS 1 PROTEIN; GLH 1 PROTEIN; GLH 2 PROTEIN; GLH 3 PROTEIN; GLH 4 PROTEIN; LAF 1 PROTEIN; MEG 1 PROTEIN; MEG 2 PROTEIN; PGL PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCLASSIFIED ENZYME; VBH 1 PROTEIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL GRANULE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GERM CELL; NONHUMAN; P GRANULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRUCTURAL BIOINFORMATICS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GERM CELLS; PHYLOGENY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 77953870168     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-010-0327-3     Document Type: Article

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