title: Developmental biology: small RNAs play their part.
abstract: What mechanisms coordinate the sequential pattern of gene expression during development of specialized cells? A small RNA-based mechanism is proposed to repress expression of genes during oogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Syracuse University, 107 College Place, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA. emmaine@syr.edu
authors.forename: Eleanor M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Maine
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D034622:RNA Interference; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis*; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics*; D012324:RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase / Q000378:metabolism*; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; C406772:EGO-1 protein, C elegans; D012324:RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase