Ciona intestinalis      Balbiani body


※ Balbiani body introduction

    The Balbiani body is a structure conserved from insects to humans that appears as a large granule, similar to a mRNP granule composed of mRNA and proteins (1). It has amyloid-like properties and can connect cortical actin (1). In addition, Wilsch-Bräuninger et al. suggest that the sponge bodies, a subcellular structure in nurse cells and oocytes, are homologous to the mitochondrial cloud in Xenopus oocytes (2).

Reference
1. Escobar-Aguirre, M., Zhang, H., Jamieson-Lucy, A., & Mullins, M. C. (2017) Microtubule-actin crosslinking factor 1 (Macf1) domain function in Balbiani body dissociation and nuclear positioning. PLoS Genet, 13(9), e1006983. PMID:28880872
2. Wilsch-Bräuninger, M.,Wilsch-Bräuninger, M., Nüsslein-Volhard C. (1997) A sponge-like structure involved in the association and transport of maternal products during Drosophila oogenesis. J Cell Biol, 139(3), 817-29. PMID:9348297


There are 4 genes.  Reviewed (0 or Unreviewed (4

No.StatusDrLLPS IDEnsemble Gene IDUniProt AccessionGene Name
1
LLPS-Cii-1011
ENSCING00000003362.3
F7BA12
2
LLPS-Cii-1282
ENSCING00000020739.1
H2XPX0
3
LLPS-Cii-2252
ENSCING00000002923.3
F7BIU1
4
LLPS-Cii-0578
ENSCING00000003902.3
Q967X2
CK2B