Premature translation of oskar in oocytes lacking the RNA-binding protein Bicaudal-C

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 4855-4862

  Saffman, Emma E ^a   Styhler, Sylvia ^a   Rother, Katherine ^a   Li, Weihua ^a   Richard, Stéphane ^a   Lasko, Paul ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA TRANSLATION;

EID: 0031877789     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.8.4855     Document Type: Article

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