RRC ID 46283
Author Castellano-Pozo M, García-Muse T, Aguilera A.
Title The Caenorhabditis elegans THO complex is required for the mitotic cell cycle and development.
Journal PLoS One
Abstract THO is a conserved eukaryotic complex involved in mRNP biogenesis and RNA export that plays an important role in preventing transcription- and RNA-mediated genome instability in mitosis and meiosis. In mammals THO is essential for embryogenesis, which limits our capacity to analyze the physiological relevance of THO during development and in adult organisms. Using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system we show that the THO complex is essential for mitotic genome integrity and the developmentally regulated mitotic cell cycles occurring during late postembryonic stages.
Volume 7(12)
Pages e52447
Published 2012-1-1
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0052447
PII PONE-D-12-30314
PMID 23285047
PMC PMC3527488
MeSH Animals Body Size Caenorhabditis elegans / cytology* Caenorhabditis elegans / growth & development Caenorhabditis elegans / metabolism* Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / genetics Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / metabolism* Cell Cycle Checkpoints DNA Damage DNA Replication Mitosis* Multiprotein Complexes / metabolism* Mutation / genetics Transcription Factors / genetics Transcription Factors / metabolism
IF 2.74
Times Cited 6
WOS Category BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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