differentiation and gametogenesis in multicellular eukaryotes. Translational repression and
mRNA turnover were shown to influence stage-specific gene expression in the protozoan
Plasmodium. The DDX6-class RNA helicase, DOZI (development of zygote inhibited), is
found in a complex with mRNA species in cytoplasmic bodies of female, blood-stage
gametocytes. These translationally repressed complexes are normally stored for translation …