Ten Years of Progress in GW/P Body Research

Ten Years of Progress in GW/P Body Research
ISBN-10
1461451078
ISBN-13
9781461451075
Category
Medical
Pages
276
Language
English
Published
2012-12-09
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Authors
Edward K. L. Chan, Marvin J. Fritzler

Description

GW bodies are novel cytoplasmic foci that were discovered and named by Dr. Chan’s group in 2002. These bodies are now known to be active cytoplasmic foci involved with the new gene regulation process mediated by microRNA that leads to translational repression and mRNA degradation. The detailed biological functions of these cytoplasmic structures are still being uncovered and the idea for this book is to provide the history of the discovery and the major work from different laboratories that has led to the characterization and elucidation of the structure and function of these new multiple subcellular structures.

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