MUT-16 promotes formation of perinuclear Mutator foci required for RNA silencing in the C. elegans germline

Genes and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1433-1444

  Phillips, Carolyn M ^a   Montgomery, Taiowa A ^a   Breen, Peter C ^a   Ruvkun, Gary ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; MUT 16; Mutator; P granule; RNAi; SiRNA

Indexed keywords

MUT 16 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SILENCING; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GERM-LINE MUTATION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84863710544     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.193904.112     Document Type: Article

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