Ci-Pem-1 localizes to the nucleus and represses somatic gene transcription in the germline of Ciona intestinalis embryos

Development

Volumn 138, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2871-2881

  Shirae Kurabayashi, Maki ^a   Matsuda, Kazuki ^a   Nakamura, Akira ^a  

^a RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ci pem 1; Ciona intestinalis; Germ cell; Germ plasm; PEM; Transcriptional repression

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN POSTERIOR END MARK 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM LINE; GERMPLASM; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SILENT GENE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GERM CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; JAPAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CIONA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 79959402947     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.058131     Document Type: Article

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