Germ plasm: protein degradation in the soma.
Germ plasm is a specialized cytoplasm that is physically segregated to the germline cells during early embryogenesis. Recent results suggest that, in Caenorhabditis elegans, germ plasm is also prevented from accumulating in somatic lineages by a ubiquitin ligase that targets germ plasm proteins for degradation.
Spike
Caroline A
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Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405-3700, USA.
Strome
Susan
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D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000196:embryology*; D019070:Cell Lineage / Q000502:physiology; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000378:metabolism; D005854:Germ Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D043743:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase Complexes / Q000378:metabolism*; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / Q000378:metabolism
D043743:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase Complexes; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases