Asymmetric localization of Drosophila pair-rule transcripts from displaced nuclei: Evidence for directional nuclear export

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 640-649

  Francis Lang, Helen ^a,c   Davis, Ilan ^b   Ish Horowicz, David ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Drosophila; Nuclear export; Pair rule; Transcript localization

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0030063665     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00396.x     Document Type: Article

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