title: Germline determination: don't mind the P granules.
abstract: A recently identified novel role for PPTR-1, the regulatory subunit of phosphatase 2A, in P granule segregation challenges the belief that P granules are responsible for determining the germline in Caenorhabditis elegans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Marcello
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D005854:Germ Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; C539316:pptr-1 protein, C elegans