Developing male germ cells are exquisitely sensitive to stress and rely on RNA-binding proteins for posttranscriptional gene expression. Phosphorylation of the germ cell–specific RNA-binding protein deleted in azoospermia-like (Dazl) by the stress-activated protein kinase MK2 is a negative regulator of spermatogenesis.
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