Meiotic diapause: how a sperm signal sets you free.
Major sperm protein, a cytoskeletal molecule required for the amoeboid motility of sperm in Caenorhabditis elegans, also functions as a signaling molecule that regulates the rates of meiotic maturation and ovulation. Recent work has begun to uncover new genes required for the response to this signal in both somatic and germ line cells.
Chatterjee
Indrani
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Waksman Institute and Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, 190 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.
Kadandale
Pavan
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Singson
Andrew
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D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D015801:Helminth Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008540:Meiosis / Q000502:physiology*; D010060:Ovulation / Q000502:physiology; D034622:RNA Interference; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000502:physiology*
D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D015801:Helminth Proteins; C050602:major sperm protein, nematode