EOG8VT8BH GO:0007126 16/158 meiotic nuclear division biological_process "One of the two nuclear divisions that occur as part of the meiotic cell cycle." [GOC:dph, GOC:mah, PMID:9334324] EOG8VT8BH GO:0005737 16/158 cytoplasm cellular_component "All of the contents of a cell excluding the plasma membrane and nucleus, but including other subcellular structures." [ISBN:0198547684] EOG8VT8BH GO:0005634 16/158 nucleus cellular_component "A membrane-bounded organelle of eukaryotic cells in which chromosomes are housed and replicated. In most cells, the nucleus contains all of the cell's chromosomes except the organellar chromosomes, and is the site of RNA synthesis and processing. In some species, or in specialized cell types, RNA metabolism or DNA replication may be absent." [GOC:go_curators] EOG8VT8BH GO:0031047 16/158 gene silencing by RNA biological_process "Any process in which RNA molecules inactivate expression of target genes." [GOC:dph, GOC:mah, GOC:tb, PMID:15020054] EOG8VT8BH GO:0007275 15/158 multicellular organismal development biological_process "The biological process whose specific outcome is the progression of a multicellular organism over time from an initial condition (e.g. a zygote or a young adult) to a later condition (e.g. a multicellular animal or an aged adult)." [GOC:dph, GOC:ems, GOC:isa_complete, GOC:tb] EOG8VT8BH GO:0006351 14/158 transcription, DNA-templated biological_process "The cellular synthesis of RNA on a template of DNA." [GOC:jl, GOC:txnOH] EOG8VT8BH GO:0030718 14/158 germ-line stem cell population maintenance biological_process "Any process by which an organism or tissue maintains a population of germ-line stem cells." [ISBN:0879694238] EOG8VT8BH GO:0048471 14/158 perinuclear region of cytoplasm cellular_component "Cytoplasm situated near, or occurring around, the nucleus." [GOC:jid] EOG8VT8BH GO:0043186 14/158 P granule cellular_component "A small cytoplasmic, non-membranous RNA/protein complex aggregates in the primordial germ cells of many higher eukaryotes." [GOC:dph, GOC:kmv, PMID:11262230] EOG8VT8BH GO:0045892 14/158 negative regulation of transcription, DNA-templated biological_process "Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of cellular DNA-templated transcription." [GOC:go_curators, GOC:txnOH] EOG8VT8BH GO:0048477 14/158 oogenesis biological_process "The complete process of formation and maturation of an ovum or female gamete from a primordial female germ cell. Examples of this process are found in Mus musculus and Drosophila melanogaster." [GOC:kmv, GOC:mtg_sensu, GOC:pr] EOG8VT8BH GO:0034587 14/158 piRNA metabolic process biological_process "The chemical reactions and pathways involving piRNAs, Piwi-associated RNAs, a class of 24- to 30-nucleotide RNA derived from repeat or complex DNA sequence elements and processed by a Dicer-independent mechanism." [GOC:kmv] EOG8VT8BH GO:0044212 14/158 transcription regulatory region DNA binding molecular_function "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a DNA region that regulates the transcription of a region of DNA, which may be a gene, cistron, or operon. Binding may occur as a sequence specific interaction or as an interaction observed only once a factor has been recruited to the DNA by other factors." [GOC:jl, GOC:txnOH, SO:0005836] EOG8VT8BH GO:0007283 14/158 spermatogenesis biological_process "The process of formation of spermatozoa, including spermatocytogenesis and spermiogenesis." [GOC:jid, ISBN:9780878933846] EOG8VT8BH GO:0060964 14/158 regulation of gene silencing by miRNA biological_process "Any process that modulates the rate, frequency, or extent of the downregulation of gene expression through the action of microRNAs (miRNAs), endogenous 21-24 nucleotide small RNAs processed from stem-loop RNA precursors (pre-miRNAs). Once incorporated into a RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), miRNAs can downregulate gene expression by either of two posttranscriptional mechanisms: mRNA cleavage or translational repression." [GOC:dph, GOC:tb] EOG8VT8BH GO:0003677 2/158 DNA binding molecular_function "Any molecular function by which a gene product interacts selectively and non-covalently with DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)." [GOC:dph, GOC:jl, GOC:tb, GOC:vw] EOG8VT8BH GO:0030154 2/158 cell differentiation biological_process "The process in which relatively unspecialized cells, e.g. embryonic or regenerative cells, acquire specialized structural and/or functional features that characterize the cells, tissues, or organs of the mature organism or some other relatively stable phase of the organism's life history. Differentiation includes the processes involved in commitment of a cell to a specific fate and its subsequent development to the mature state." [ISBN:0198506732] EOG8VT8BH GO:0019094 1/158 pole plasm mRNA localization biological_process "Any process in which mRNA is transported to, or maintained in, the oocyte pole plasm. An example of this is found in Drosophila melanogaster." [GOC:ai] EOG8VT8BH GO:0031023 1/158 microtubule organizing center organization biological_process "A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of a microtubule organizing center, a structure from which microtubules grow." [GOC:dph, GOC:jl, GOC:mah] EOG8VT8BH GO:0048600 1/158 oocyte fate commitment biological_process "The process in which the developmental fate of a cell becomes restricted such that it will develop into an oocyte." [GOC:go_curators] EOG8VT8BH GO:0007317 1/158 regulation of pole plasm oskar mRNA localization biological_process "Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of the process in which oskar mRNA is transported to, or maintained in, the oocyte pole plasm." [GOC:hb] EOG8VT8BH GO:0007312 1/158 oocyte nucleus migration involved in oocyte dorsal/ventral axis specification biological_process "The directed movement of the oocyte nucleus within the cell as part of the establishment and maintenance of the dorsal/ventral axis of the oocyte. An example of this is found in Drosophila melanogaster." [GOC:dph, GOC:mah, GOC:mtg_sensu, GOC:tb] EOG8VT8BH GO:0007010 1/158 cytoskeleton organization biological_process "A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of cytoskeletal structures." [GOC:dph, GOC:jl, GOC:mah] EOG8VT8BH GO:0010586 1/158 miRNA metabolic process biological_process "The chemical reactions and pathways involving miRNA, microRNA, a class of single-stranded RNA molecules of about 21-23 nucleotides in length, which regulates gene expression." [PMID:17993620] EOG8VT8BH GO:0008298 1/158 intracellular mRNA localization biological_process "Any process in which mRNA is transported to, or maintained in, a specific location within the cell." [GOC:ai] EOG8VT8BH GO:0003723 1/158 RNA binding molecular_function "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with an RNA molecule or a portion thereof." [GOC:mah] EOG8VT8BH GO:0010529 1/158 negative regulation of transposition biological_process "Any process that decreases the frequency, rate or extent of transposition. Transposition results in the movement of discrete segments of DNA between nonhomologous sites." [GOC:dph, GOC:tb] EOG8VT8BH GO:0009950 1/158 dorsal/ventral axis specification biological_process "The establishment, maintenance and elaboration of the dorsal/ventral axis. The dorsal/ventral axis is defined by a line that runs orthogonal to both the anterior/posterior and left/right axes. The dorsal end is defined by the upper or back side of an organism. The ventral end is defined by the lower or front side of an organism." [GOC:dph, GOC:go_curators, GOC:tb] EOG8VT8BH GO:0003964 1/158 RNA-directed DNA polymerase activity molecular_function "Catalysis of the reaction: deoxynucleoside triphosphate + DNA(n) = diphosphate + DNA(n+1). Catalyzes RNA-template-directed extension of the 3'- end of a DNA strand by one deoxynucleotide at a time." [EC:2.7.7.49] EOG8VT8BH GO:0008104 1/158 protein localization biological_process "Any process in which a protein is transported to, or maintained in, a specific location." [GOC:ai] EOG8VT8BH GO:0016325 1/158 oocyte microtubule cytoskeleton organization biological_process "Formation and maintenance of a polarized microtubule array originating from a microtubule-organizing center (MTOC) in the oocyte. An example of this is found in Drosophila melanogaster." [GOC:mtg_sensu, PMID:11231123] EOG8VT8BH GO:0007314 1/158 oocyte anterior/posterior axis specification biological_process "Polarization of the oocyte along its anterior-posterior axis. An example of this is found in Drosophila melanogaster." [GOC:dph, GOC:mtg_sensu, GOC:tb, ISBN:0879694238] EOG8VT8BH GO:0043565 1/158 sequence-specific DNA binding molecular_function "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with DNA of a specific nucleotide composition, e.g. GC-rich DNA binding, or with a specific sequence motif or type of DNA e.g. promotor binding or rDNA binding." [GOC:jl]