PUF-8 suppresses the somatic transcription factor PAL-1 expression in C. elegans germline stem cells

Developmental Biology

Volumn 360, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 195-207

  Mainpal, Rana ^a   Priti, Agarwal ^a   Subramaniam, Kuppuswamy ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

3' UTR; Caenorhabditis elegans; Germ cells; Post transcriptional control; PUF 8

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN PUF 8; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HLH 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAL 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; HIP 1 GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; MITOSIS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PAL 1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 80755186528     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.09.021     Document Type: Article

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