Translational activation of developmental messenger RNAs during neonatal mouse testis development.

ABSTRACT: The basic tenets of germ cell development are conserved among metazoans. Following lineage commitment in the embryo, germ cells proliferate, transition into meiosis, and then differentiate into gametes capable of fertilization. In lower organisms such as Drosophila and C. elegans, germline stem cells make the decision to proliferate or enter meiosis based in large part on the regulated expression of genes by translational control. This study undertakes a direct characterization of mRNAs that experience translational control and their involvement in similar decisions in the mammalian testis. We previously showed that translation of mRNA encoding the germ cell-specific gene Rhox13 was suppressed in the fetal and neonatal testis. By investigating changes in message utilization during neonatal

SUBMITTER: Chappell VA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4094195 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature