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METT-10, a putative methyltransferase, inhibits germ cell proliferative fate in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Genetics - 1 Sept 2009
Dorsett Maia, Westlund Bethany, Schedl Tim
Abstract excerpt
Germ-line stem cells are unique because they either self-renew through mitosis or, at a certain frequency, switch to meiosis and produce gametes. The switch from proliferation to meiosis is tightly regulated, and aberrations in switching result in either too little or too much proliferation. To understand the genetic basis of this regulation, we characterized loss-of-function mutations and a novel tumorous allele...
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