The chromatoid body: a germ-cell-specific RNA-processing centre

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Kotaja, Noora
Sassone-Corsi, Paolo
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[1] Univ Turku, Inst Biomed, Dept Physiol, Turku 20520, Finland
[2] Univ Calif Irvine, Sch Med, Dept Pharmacol, Irvine, CA 92697 USA
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10.1038/nrm2081
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Q2 [细胞生物学];
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071009 ; 090102 ;
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The chromatoid body, a unique cloud-like structure of male germ cells, moves dynamically in the cytoplasm of haploid spermatids, but its function has remained elusive for decades. Recent findings indicate that microRNA and RNA-decay pathways converge to the chromatoid body. This highly specialized structure might function as an intracellular focal domain that organizes and controls RNA processing in male germ cells.
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