A functional genomic screen in planarians identifies novel regulators of germ cell development

Genes and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2081-2092

  Wang, Yuying ^a   Stary, Joel M ^b   Wilhelm, James E ^c   Newmark, Phillip A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanos; Nuclear factor Y; Post transcriptional regulation; RNAi screen; Schmidtea mediterranea; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; CCAAT BINDING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GERM CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; TURBELLARIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

SCHMIDTEA MEDITERRANEA; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALS; CCAAT-BINDING FACTOR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME; GERM CELLS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANARIANS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 77956792179     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1951010     Document Type: Article

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