The C. elegans CSR-1 argonaute pathway counteracts epigenetic silencing to promote germline gene expression

Developmental Cell

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 656-663

  Seth, Meetu ^a   Shirayama, Masaki ^a   Gu, Weifeng ^a   Ishidate, Takao ^a   Conte, Darryl ^a   Mello, CraigC ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84890818459     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: 18781551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2013.11.014     Document Type: Article

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