Identification of a new protein essential for ovule and sperm formation

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 08:30 in Biology & Nature

Published today in Nature Communications, a study by scientists at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) headed by ICREA researcher Angel R. Nebreda has reported that the protein RingoA is a key regulator of meiosis—the cell division process that gives rise to ovules and sperm for sexual reproduction in mammals.

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