Identification of cis-acting sequences that control nanos RNA localization

Developmental Biology

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-50

  Gavis, Elizabeth R ^b   Curtis, Daniel ^a,c   Lehmann, Ruth ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EXELIXIS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO POLARITY; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0029936348     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.9996     Document Type: Article

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