1. M. K. Barton and J. Kimble (1990) fog-1, a regulatory gene required for specification of spermatogenesis in the germ line of Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 125(1): 29-39.
Abstract In wild-type Caenorhabditis elegans, the XO male germ line makes only sperm and the XX hermaphrodite germ line makes sperm and then oocytes. In contrast, the germ line of either a male or a hermaphrodite carrying a mutation of the fog-1 (feminization of the germ line) locus is sexually transformed PMID: [2341035]
2. B. E. Thompson, D. S. Bernstein, J. L. Bachorik, A. G. Petcherski, M. Wickens and J. Kimble (2005) Dose-dependent control of proliferation and sperm specification by FOG-1/CPEB. Development 132(15): 3471-81.
Abstract RNA-binding proteins control germline development in metazoans. This work focuses on control of the C. elegans germline by two RNA-binding proteins PMID: [16000383]
3. C. Luitjens, M. Gallegos, B. Kraemer, J. Kimble and M. Wickens (2000) CPEB proteins control two key steps in spermatogenesis in C. elegans. Genes Dev 14(20): 2596-609.
Abstract Cytoplasmic polyadenylation element binding (CPEB) proteins bind to and regulate the translation of specific mRNAs. CPEBs from Xenopus, Drosophila, and Spisula participate in oogenesis. In this report, we examine the biological roles of all identifiable CPEB homologs in a single organism, Caenorhabditis elegans. We find four homologs in the C. elegans genome PMID: [11040214]
Figures for illustrating the function of this protein/gene
Ref: B. E. Thompson, D. S. Bernstein, J. L. Bachorik, A. G. Petcherski, M. Wickens and J. Kimble (2005) Dose-dependent control of proliferation and sperm specification by FOG-1/CPEB. Development 132(15): 3471-81. PMID: [16000383]
Ref: B. E. Thompson, D. S. Bernstein, J. L. Bachorik, A. G. Petcherski, M. Wickens and J. Kimble (2005) Dose-dependent control of proliferation and sperm specification by FOG-1/CPEB. Development 132(15): 3471-81. PMID: [16000383]