The maternal nudel protein of Drosophila has two distinct roles important for embryogenesis

Genetics

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1653-1661

  Hong, Charles C ^a   Hashimoto, Carl ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO POLARITY; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; KALLIKREINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0029684428     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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