A drosophila chromatin factor interacts with the piwi-interacting RNA mechanism in niche cells to regulate germline stem cell self-renewal

Genetics

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 573-583

  Smulders Srinivasan, Tora K ^a,c   Szakmary, Akos ^a   Lin, Haifan ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL RENEWAL; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; EPIGENETICS; GENE INTERACTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MUTANT; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 78951468831     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.110.119081     Document Type: Article

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