The P granule component PGL-1 promotes the localization and silencing activity of the PUF protein FBF-2 in germline stem cells

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 139, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 3732-3740

  Voronina, Ekaterina ^a   Paix, Alexandre ^a   Seydoux, Geraldine ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Germline stem cells; P granules; PGL 1; PUF domain; RNA silencing

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN FBF 1; PROTEIN FBF 2; PROTEIN PGL 1; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL GRANULE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; MEIOSIS; P GRANULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; MEIOSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84866511779     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.083980     Document Type: Article

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