Cytoplasmic polyadenylation of Toll mRNA is required for dorsal-ventral patterning in Drosophila embryogenesis

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2995-3003

  Schisa, Jennifer A ^a   Strickland, Sidney ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal ventral; Drosophila; Polyadenylation; Toll; Translational regulation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA TRANSLATION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT PROTEINS; INVERTEBRATES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; POLY A; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0031704478     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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