A protein component of Drosophila polar granules is encoded by vasa and has extensive sequence similarity to ATP-dependent helicases

Cell

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 577-587

  Hay, Bruce ^a   Jan, Lily Yeh ^a   Jan, Yuh Nung ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA; HELICASE; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; DRUG COMBINATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA HELICASES; DROSOPHILA; DRUG COMBINATIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024291349     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(88)90216-4     Document Type: Article

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