Germ granules and the control of mRNA translation

IUBMB Life

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 586-594

  Sengupta, Madhu S ^a   Boag, Peter R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cap dependent translation; gametogenesis; germ granule; germ plasm; translational regulation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

GAMETOGENESIS; GERM CELL; GERM GRANULE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA; GAMETOGENESIS; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84862568410     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.1039     Document Type: Review

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