Zygotic degradation of two maternal Cdc25 mRNAs terminates Drosophila's early cell cycle program

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 1966-1977

  Edgar, Bruce A ^a   Datar, Sanjeev A ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cdc25 mRNAs; cell cycle control; Drosophila embryos; maternal zygotic transition

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; DROSOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0029810834     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.15.1966     Document Type: Article

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