Post-translational regulation by gustavus contributes to selective Vasa protein accumulation in multipotent cells during embryogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 349, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 440-450

  Gustafson, Eric A ^a   Yajima, Mamiko ^a   Juliano, Celina E ^a   Wessel, Gary M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E3 ligase; Embryogenesis; Gustavus; Multipotent cells; Vasa

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; GUSTAVUS PROTEIN; RNA HELICASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASA PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GUSTAVUS GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 78650830580     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.10.031     Document Type: Article

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