Genome-wide analyses reveal a role for peptide hormones in planarian germline development

PLoS Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Collins III, James J ^a,b   Hou, Xiaowen ^b   Romanova, Elena V ^b   Lambrus, Bramwell G ^a   Miller, Claire M ^b   Saberi, Amir ^a   Sweedler, Jonathan V ^b   Newmark, Phillip A ^a,b  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE PRECURSOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PEPTIDE HORMONE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; GENOME ANALYSIS; GERM CELL; HORMONE ACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PEPTIDOMICS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHMIDTEA MEDITERRANEA; TURBELLARIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; PLANARIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHMIDTEA MEDITERRANEA; TURBELLARIA; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GENOME; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PLANARIANS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 78149372646     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000509     Document Type: Article

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