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The germline-specific factor OEF-1 facilitates coordinated progression through germ cell development in C. elegans

ABSTRACT: How germ cells faithfully pass genetic material to the next generation despite undergoing several developmental transitions during maturation is poorly understood. Here we identify a novel factor in C. elegans, OEF-1, that is highly germline-specific, with early expression in the embryonic germ lineage and differential expression in larvae and adults depending on the gametogenesis program. OEF-1 is nuclear and associates with autosomal germline-expressed genes. Loss of OEF-1 triggers accelerated germ cell progression, leading to defects at multiple points during germline development. Thus OEF-1 may act to coordinate the timely progression of germ cells through proliferation, meiotic entry, and gametogenesis.

ORGANISM(S): Caenorhabditis elegans

PROVIDER: GSE107190 | GEO | 2017/11/22

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA419235

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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The germline-specific factor OEF-1 facilitates coordinated progression through germ cell development in C. elegans

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