Translational repressor bruno plays multiple roles in development and is widely conserved

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 2510-2521

  Webster, Philippa J ^a,b   Liang, Lu ^b,d   Berg, Celeste A ^c   Lasko, Paul ^b   Macdonald, Paul M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Arrest; Bruno; Oskar; RNA binding protein; Translational repressor; Vasa

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA HELICASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 0030808440     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.19.2510     Document Type: Article

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