title: Translational repression: a duet of Nanos and Pumilio.
abstract: Recent studies have shed new light on translational repression by Nanos and Pumilio proteins. The ancestral function of this repression mechanism appears to be in early germline development; later, species-specific applications in embryonic patterning and spermatogenesis-oogenesis switching evolved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3709, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parisi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019521:Body Patterning / Q000235:genetics; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D009866:Oogenesis / Q000235:genetics; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D013091:Spermatogenesis / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D019476:Insect Proteins; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; C074333:pum protein, Drosophila; C070574:nos protein, Drosophila