Modifications of the 5' cap of mRNAs during xenopus oocyte maturation: Independence from changes in poly(A) length and impact on translation

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 6152-6163

  Gillian Daniel, Donald L ^a   Gray, Nicola K ^a   Åström, Jonas ^a,b   Barkoff, Aaron ^a   Wickens, Marvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b GE Healthcare Bio Sciences AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA METHYLATION; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; XENOPUS;

EID: 0031678684     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.10.6152     Document Type: Article

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