The RNA-binding protein, ZFP36L2, influences ovulation and oocyte maturation.

ZFP36L2 protein destabilizes AU-rich element-containing transcripts and has been implicated in female fertility. In the C57BL/6NTac mouse, a mutation in Zfp36l2 that results in the decreased expression of a form of ZFP36L2 in which the 29 N-terminal amino acid residues have been deleted, ΔN-ZFP36L2,...

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Main Authors: Christopher B Ball, Karina F Rodriguez, Deborah J Stumpo, Fernando Ribeiro-Neto, Kenneth S Korach, Perry J Blackshear, Lutz Birnbaumer, Silvia B V Ramos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4022657?pdf=render