Translational inhibition by 5'-polycytidine tracts in Xenoypus embryos and in vitro

Gene

Volumn 176, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 17-21

  Kuo, John S ^a,b   Veale, Robin ^c   Maxwell, Bridey ^a   Sive, Hazel ^a  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

5' Leader sequences; cDNA library; mRNA expression; Recombinant DNA; SP6 RNA polymerase; T7 RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTIDINE; DEOXYGUANOSINE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; EMBRYO; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIMULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030591792     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00201-6     Document Type: Article

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