Using Caenorhabditis to explore the evolution of the germ line

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 757, Issue , 2013, Pages 405-425

  Haag, Eric S ^a   Liu, Qinwen ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

GLD 1; PUF proteins; RNA binding protein; Translation

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN FBF 1; PROTEIN FBF 2; PROTEIN GLD 1; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOG 2 GENE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GERM LINE; HERMAPHRODITISM; KARYOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLATYHELMINTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEX DETERMINATION; STEM CELL; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 84867544018     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4015-4_14     Document Type: Article

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