2020
Pumilio proteins utilize distinct regulatory mechanisms to achieve complementary functions required for pluripotency and embryogenesis
Uyhazi KE, Yang Y, Liu N, Qi H, Huang XA, Mak W, Weatherbee SD, de Prisco N, Gennarino VA, Song X, Lin H. Pumilio proteins utilize distinct regulatory mechanisms to achieve complementary functions required for pluripotency and embryogenesis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2020, 117: 7851-7862. PMID: 32198202, PMCID: PMC7148564, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1916471117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmbryonic stem cellsTarget messenger RNAsPumilio proteinsPUM proteinsMessenger RNAEssential functionsStem cell maintenanceDistinct regulatory mechanismsEmbryonic day 8.5ESC pluripotencyTranslational regulatorPluripotency genesGene regulationEarly embryogenesisDifferentiation genesPosttranscriptional levelHigh homologyMRNA stabilityRegulatory mechanismsDouble mutant micePluripotencyDay 8.5Morula stagePluripotency markersEmbryogenesis
2016
An Important Role of Pumilio 1 in Regulating the Development of the Mammalian Female Germline1
Mak W, Fang C, Holden T, Dratver MB, Lin H. An Important Role of Pumilio 1 in Regulating the Development of the Mammalian Female Germline1. Biology Of Reproduction 2016, 94: 134, 1-11. PMID: 27170441, PMCID: PMC4946805, DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.115.137497.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPumilio 1PUF proteinsLate meiotic prophase IPumilio/FBF (PUF) proteinReproductive competencyPrimordial follicle poolFemale germ cell developmentMammalian germ cellsPrimordial folliculogenesisFemale reproductive competenceMeiotic prophase IGerm cell developmentFBF proteinsGermline establishmentTranslational regulatorTranslational regulationProphase IDiplotene stageCell developmentGerm cellsFollicle poolImportant roleDetectable functionMammalsReproductive competence