Building RNA-protein granules: Insight from the germline

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 482-490

  Arkov, Alexey L ^a   Ramos, Andres ^b  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; DEAD BOX PROTEIN; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; PIWI PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA;

CELL GRANULE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 77955339860     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2010.05.004     Document Type: Review

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