A maternal factor unique to ascidians silences the germline via binding to P-TEFb and RNAP II regulation

Current Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1308-1313

  Kumano, Gaku ^a   Takatori, Naohito ^a   Negishi, Takefumi ^a,b   Takada, Tatsuki ^a   Nishida, Hiroki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POSITIVE TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR B; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTROSOME; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALS; CENTROSOME; GERM CELLS; POSITIVE TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTOR B; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DEUTEROSTOMIA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 80051472099     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.06.050     Document Type: Article

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