RNA-binding proteins, RNA granules, and gametes: Is unity strength?

Reproduction

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 803-817

  Nguyen Chi, Mai ^a   Morello, Dominique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b Institut d'Exploration Fonctionnelle des Genomes   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; NANOS2 PROTEIN; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

CELL GRANULE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GAMETE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE SILENCING; GERM CELL; MAMMAL CELL; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; RNA METABOLISM; RNA PROCESSING; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE SILENCING; GERM CELLS; MICE; RNA; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA STABILITY; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 82355164281     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-11-0257     Document Type: Review

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