A genetic pathway for regulation of tra-2 translation

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 749-758

  Goodwin, Elizabeth B ^a,b   Hofstra, Karen ^b   Hurney, Carol A ^b,c   Mango, Susan ^a,d   Kimble, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

3'UTR; Caenorhabditis elegans; Development; DRE; DRF; laf 1; Sex determination; tra 2; tra 3; Translational control

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EMBRYO; GENE CONTROL; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; SEX DETERMINATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS);

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0031059076     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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