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Specification of the germ line
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In C. elegans, the germ line is set apart from the soma early in embryogenesis.
Several important themes have emerged in specifying and guiding the development
of the nascent germ line. At early stages, the germline blastomeres are
maintained in a transcriptionally silent state by the transcriptional repressor
PIE-1. When this silencing is lifted, it is postulated that correct patterns of
germline gene expression are controlled, at least in part, by MES-mediated
regulation of chromatin state. Accompanying transcriptional regulation by PIE-1
and the MES proteins, RNA metabolism in germ cells is likely to be regulated by
perinuclear RNA-rich cytoplasmic granules, termed P granules. This chapter
discusses the molecular nature and possible roles of these various germline
regulators, and describes a recently discovered mechanism to protect somatic
cells from following a germline fate.