CELE_F32A11.6, F32A11.6

moe-3 encodes a CCCH tandem zinc finger (TZF) protein; while loss of moe-3 activity via RNAi alone results in no obvious abnormalities, animals triply mutant for moe-3, oma-1, and oma-2 demonstrate oocyte maturation defects, indicating that these genes likely function redundantly during germline development; in situ hybridization experiments indicate that moe-3 mRNA expression is relatively weak and restricted to the distal region of the gonad; based upon its sequence similarity to other TZF proteins, such as MEX-5 and POS-1, the product of MOE-3 is predicted to function as an RNA-binding protein.

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