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RNA-binding Proteins in Human Oogenesis: Balancing Differentiation and Self-renewal in the Female Fetal Germline

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Journal Stem Cell Res
Publisher Elsevier
Specialty Cell Biology
Date 2017 Apr 25
PMID 28434825
Citations 12
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Abstract

Primordial germ cells undergo three significant processes on their path to becoming primary oocytes: the initiation of meiosis, the formation and breakdown of germ cell nests, and the assembly of single oocytes into primordial follicles. However at the onset of meiosis, the germ cell becomes transcriptionally silenced. Consequently translational control of pre-stored mRNAs plays a central role in coordinating gene expression throughout the remainder of oogenesis; RNA binding proteins are key to this regulation. In this review we examine the role of exemplars of such proteins, namely LIN28, DAZL, BOLL and FMRP, and highlight how their roles during germ cell development are critical to oogenesis and the establishment of the primordial follicle pool.

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