A germ cell determinant reveals parallel pathways for germ line development in caenorhabditis elegans

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 142, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 3571-3582

  Mainpal, Rana ^a   Nance, Jeremy ^b   Yanowitz, Judith L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Germ line; Nanos; Primordial germ cells; Proliferation; XND 1

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; CYCLIN B; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; X CHROMOSOME NON DISJUNCTION FACTOR 1; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CHROMATIN; NOS-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; NOS-2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; XND-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; G2 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PHENOTYPE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ALLELE; ANIMAL; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CHROMATIN; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GERM CELL; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NONMAMMALIAN EMBRYO; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; G2 PHASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; GERM CELLS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84944754862     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.125732     Document Type: Article

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