Regulation of RNA granule dynamics by phosphorylation of serine-rich, intrinsically disordered proteins in C. elegans

eLife

Volumn 3, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wang, Jennifer T ^a   Smith, Jarrett ^a   Chen, Bi Chang ^b,c   Schmidt, Helen ^a   Rasoloson, Dominique ^a   Paix, Alexandre ^a   Lambrus, Bramwell G ^a   Calidas, Deepika ^a   Betzig, Eric ^c   Seydoux, Geraldine ^a  

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

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; HELMINTH RNA; INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEIN; MATERNAL EFFECT GERMLINE DEFECTIVE PROTEIN 1; MATERNAL EFFECT GERMLINE DEFECTIVE PROTEIN 2; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MBK-2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MEG-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LATTICE LIGHT SHEET MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL GRANULE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, HELMINTH; SERINE;

EID: 84926529027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.04591     Document Type: Article

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