Unmasking mRNA in clam oocytes: Role of phosphorylation of a 3′ UTR masking element-binding protein at fertilization

Developmental Biology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 292-305

  Walker, James ^a,b   Dale, Martin ^a   Standart, Nancy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 (5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONYL) 2 METHYLPIPERAZINE; BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; CYCLIN A; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; STAUROSPORINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLAM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; SPISULA SOLIDISSIMA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030056271     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0024     Document Type: Article

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