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MRG-1, a mortality factor-related chromodomain protein, is required maternally for primordial germ cells to initiate mitotic proliferation in C. elegans.
Mechanisms of development - 1 Jun 2002
Fujita Masaki, Takasaki Teruaki, Nakajima Noboru, Kawano Taizo, Shimura Yoshiro, Sakamoto Hiroshi
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We identified MRG-1, a Caenorhabditis elegans chromodomain-containing protein that is similar to the human mortality factor-related gene 15 product (MRG15). RNA-mediated interference (RNAi) of mrg-1 resulted in complete absence of the germline in both hermaphrodite and male adults. Examination of...
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