Sm proteins specify germ cell fate by facilitating oskar mRNA localization

Development

Volumn 137, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2341-2351

  Gonsalvez, Graydon B ^a,b   Rajendra, T K ^a   Wen, Ying ^a   Praveen, Kavita ^a   Matera, A Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine methyltransferase; Dart5 (Capsuleen; PRMT5); Drosophila; RNA localization; snRNP biogenesis

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SM; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FATE; DROSOPHILA; GENE LOCATION; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; EUKARYOTA; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; MUTATION; PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLICEOSOMES;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77954640418     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.042721     Document Type: Article

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