Localization of Xenopus Vg1 mRNA by Vera protein and the endoplasmic reticulum

Science

Volumn 276, Issue 5315, 1997, Pages 1128-1131

  Deshler, James O ^a   Highett, Martin I ^a   Schnapp, Bruce J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA ANALYSIS; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0030929165     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5315.1128     Document Type: Article

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