PGL proteins self associate and bind RNPs to mediate germ granule assembly in C. elegans

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 929-937

  Hanazawa, Momoyo ^a,d   Yonetani, Masafumi ^b   Sugimoto, Asako ^a,b,c  

^a RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PGL 1 PROTEIN; PGL 3 PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CULTURE; CELL GRANULE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL LINEAGE; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; GERM CELLS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79955506243     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201010106     Document Type: Article

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