PIWI, piRNAs, and germline stem cells: what's the link?

Yale J Biol Med. 2009 Sep;82(3):121-4.

Author

Tasleem Samji¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. tasleem.samji@yale.edu

PMID: 19774126
PMCID: PMC2744938

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Argonaute Proteins
Cell Proliferation
Drosophila Proteins / genetics*
Drosophila Proteins / metabolism
Female
Germ Cells / cytology
Germ Cells / metabolism*
Male
Peptide Initiation Factors / genetics
Peptide Initiation Factors / metabolism
RNA, Small Interfering / genetics*
RNA, Small Interfering / metabolism
RNA-Induced Silencing Complex / genetics*
RNA-Induced Silencing Complex / metabolism
Stem Cells / cytology
Stem Cells / metabolism*

Substances

AGO3 protein, Drosophila
Argonaute Proteins
Drosophila Proteins
Peptide Initiation Factors
RNA, Small Interfering
RNA-Induced Silencing Complex
aub protein, Drosophila
piwi protein, Drosophila