Implication of a 5' coding sequence in targeting maternal mRNA to the Drosophila oocyte

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 91-100

  Capri, Michèle ^a   Santoni, Marie Josée ^a   Thomas Delaage, Michèle ^a   Aït Ahmed, Ounissa ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Microtubules; Oocyte; RNA localization; RNA transport; Yemanuclein alpha

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CYTOKINESIS; DROSOPHILA; GENE TARGETING; GERM CELL; MACROMOLECULE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; MICROTUBULES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OOCYTES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031451674     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(97)00130-5     Document Type: Article

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