Caenorhabditis elegans DAZ-1 is expressed in proliferating germ cells and directs proper nuclear organization and cytoplasmic core formation during oogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 142-154

  Maruyama, Rika ^a,b   Endo, Sachiko ^a   Sugimoto, Asako ^b   Yamamoto, Masayuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; daz 1; Germ cells; Meiosis; Oogenesis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN DAZ 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC CODE; GERM CELL; MALE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REDUCTION; RNA BINDING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA;

EID: 9644279862     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.08.053     Document Type: Article

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