Aubergine enhances oskar translation in the Drosophila ovary

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1631-1639

  Wilson, Joan E ^a   Connell, Joanne E ^a   Macdonald, Paul M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aubergine; Drosophila; Maternal mRNA; Oskar; Translation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; INSECT HORMONES; MORPHOGENESIS; OVARY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 0029980987     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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