Ten Years of Progress in GW/P Body Research

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chan, Edward K. L. (Editor), Fritzler, Marvin J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 768
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human genetics.; Biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Biomedicine.; Human Genetics.; Cell Biology.; Biochemistry, general.

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 biolo...