GASZ is essential for male meiosis and suppression of retrotransposon expression in the male germline.

Nuage are amorphous ultrastructural granules in the cytoplasm of male germ cells as divergent as Drosophila, Xenopus, and Homo sapiens. Most nuage are cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein structures implicated in diverse RNA metabolism including the regulation of PIWI-interacting RNA (piRNA) synthesis by t...

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Main Authors: Lang Ma, Gregory M Buchold, Michael P Greenbaum, Angshumoy Roy, Kathleen H Burns, Huifeng Zhu, Derek Y Han, R Alan Harris, Cristian Coarfa, Preethi H Gunaratne, Wei Yan, Martin M Matzuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-09-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2727916?pdf=render