Open AccessEgg P bodies protect maternal mRNA
Author(s) -
Richard Robinson
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414
H-Index - 380
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb.1823iti5
Subject(s) - biology , cytoplasm , messenger rna , microbiology and biotechnology , somatic cell , p bodies , genetics , gene , translation (biology)
![Graphic][1] In oocytes, DCAP-2 (red) resided in granules that were distinct (arrows and arrowheads) but often adjacent (arrowheads) to CGH-1 granules (grP bodies) (green). P bodies (processing bodies) are cytoplasmic granules that, in somatic cells, store and degrade mRNAs. But P
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