A network of PUF proteins and Ras signaling promote mRNA repression and oogenesis in C. elegans

Developmental Biology

Volumn 366, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 218-231

  Hubstenberger, Arnaud ^a   Cameron, Cristiana ^a   Shtofman, Rebecca ^a   Gutman, Shiri ^a   Evans, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

ERK; Map Kinase; Oogenesis; PUF protein; Ras; RNA binding protein; Translation; Translational control

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN PUF; PROTEIN PUF 11; PROTEIN PUF 3; PROTEIN PUF 5; PROTEIN PUF 6; PROTEIN PUF 7; RAS PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84861222669     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.03.019     Document Type: Article

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