The RNA binding protein SAM68 transiently localizes in the chromatoid body of male germ cells and influences expression of select microRNAs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Messina, Valeria ^a,b   Meikar, Oliver ^c   Paronetto, Maria Paola ^b,d   Calabretta, Sara ^a,e   Geremia, Raffaele ^a   Kotaja, Noora ^c   Sette, Claudio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; DICER; MICRORNA; PIWI PROTEIN; PROTEIN DROSHA; PROTEIN MIWI; PROTEIN MVH; PROTEIN SAM68; PROTEOME; RNA HELICASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOID BODY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; THIN FILAMENT; WILD TYPE;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GERM CELLS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MICRORNAS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATIDS;

EID: 84862668751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039729     Document Type: Article

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