RNA-RNA interaction is required for the formation of specific bicoid mRNA 3' UTR-STAUFEN ribonucleoprotein particles

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1751-1758

  Ferrandon, Dominique ^a,b   Koch, Iris ^a   Westhof, Eric ^b   Nüsslein Volhard, Christiane ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Drosophila; dsRNA; RNA dimerization; RNA localization and transport; RNA protein interactions

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MORPHOGEN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EGG; EMBRYO; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030939498     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.7.1751     Document Type: Article

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