Gene regulation: a tale of germline mRNA tails

Valerie Reinke

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.08.001

Gene regulation: a tale of germline mRNA tails

Curr Biol. 2008 Oct 14;18(19):R915-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.08.001.

Author

Valerie Reinke¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA. valerie.reinke@yale.edu

PMID: 18957237
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.08.001

Abstract

Gene regulation often plays by different rules in the germline compared to the soma. In Caenorhabditis elegans, the spatial and temporal expression of germline genes is controlled post-transcriptionally via the 3' UTR rather than transcriptionally via the promoter.

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MeSH terms

3' Untranslated Regions / metabolism*
Animals
Caenorhabditis elegans
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
Germ Cells / metabolism*
RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional*
RNA, Messenger / metabolism*

Substances

3' Untranslated Regions
RNA, Messenger