.... Recent findings suggest that RNA helicases are required for plant germline development. This resembles their crucial roles in animals, where they are involved in controlling gene activity and the maintenance of genome integrity. Here, we identified previously unknown roles of Arabidopsis RH17 during...

... of rRNA transcription may constitute an evolutionarily conserved ‘pause button’ for organismic growth. Zebrafish Forward genetics Regeneration RNA helicase ddx52 Academia Sinica http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001869 AS-CDA-109-L03 MOST 108-2320-B-001-022 Ministry...

...Linlin Zhang; Yuxi Yang; Beibei Li; Ian C. Scott; Xin Lou ABSTRACT RNA helicases from the DEAD-box family are found in almost all organisms and have important roles in RNA metabolism, including RNA synthesis, processing and degradation. The function and mechanism of action of most...

... that they donate cytoplasm to the survivors. We have investigated the functions of CGH-1, the C. elegans ortholog of the predicted RNA helicase ste13/ME31B/RCK/p54, which is germline-associated in metazoans and required for sexual reproduction in yeast. We show that CGH-1 is expressed specifically in the germline...

..., which is supported by the fact that cell proliferation is promoted by pit overexpression. Tagged-Pit, when transfected in S2 cells, localizes mainly to the nucleolus, pointing towards a possible role in ribosome biogenesis and, consequently, in protein biosynthesis. pit encodes a DEAD-box RNA helicase...