ReviewResults and problems in cell differentiation2017
Translational Control of Germ Cell Decisions.
Review in Results and problems in cell differentiation, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- RNA Pol I shapes meiotic chromatin, germline H3K4me3 dynamics, and oogenesis independent of ribosome assembly.Cell reports · 2026Article
- The role of LLPS of biomacromolecules in the gonads and related diseases.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Review
- Remodeling of Germ Cell mRNPs for Translational Control.Biology · 2025Review
- RNA Pol I activity is required for meiotic chromatin organization and the H3K4me3 gradient essential for oogenesis, independent of ribosome synthesis.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Two eIF4E paralogs occupy separate germ granule messenger ribonucleoproteins that mediate mRNA repression and translational activation.Genetics · 2025Article
- Identification of RNA Targets of Highly Conserved RNA Binding Proteins Essential for Animal Sperm Development.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025Article
- The role of RNA-binding proteins in orchestrating germline development inFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022Review
- Generation of Miniaturized Ovaries byDevelopment & reproduction · 2021Article
- Maternal Larp6 controls oocyte development, chorion formation and elevation.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2020Article
- Regulation of Germ Cell mRNPs by eIF4E:4EIP Complexes: Multiple Mechanisms, One Goal.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2020Review
- Genes Involved in Drosophila melanogaster Ovarian Function Are Highly Conserved Throughout Evolution.Genome biology and evolution · 2018Article
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Abstract
Germline poses unique challenges to gene expression control at the transcriptional level. While the embryonic germline maintains a global hold on new mRNA transcription, the female adult germline produces transcripts that are not translated into proteins until embryogenesis of subsequent generation. As a consequence, translational control plays a central role in governing various germ cell decisions including the formation of primordial germ cells, self-renewal/differentiation decisions in the adult germline, onset of gametogenesis and oocyte maturation. Mechanistically, several common themes such as asymmetric localization of mRNAs, conserved RNA-binding proteins that control translation by 3' UTR binding, translational activation by the cytoplasmic elongation of the polyA tail and the assembly of mRNA-protein complexes called mRNPs have emerged from the studies on Caenorhabditis elegans, Xenopus and Drosophila. How mRNPs assemble, what influences their dynamics, and how a particular 3' UTR-binding protein turns on the translation of certain mRNAs while turning off other mRNAs at the same time and space are key challenges for future work.
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