The Nanos gradient in Drosophila embryos is generated by translational regulation

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 2610-2620

  Dahanukar, Anupama ^a   Wharton, Robin P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

development; Drosophila; localization; nanos mRNA; Translation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO AXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSGENE; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 0029961342     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.20.2610     Document Type: Article

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