Nuclear transport of RNAs in microinjected xenopus oocytes

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn , Issue 53, 1998, Pages 559-589

  Terns, Michael P ^a   Goldfarb, David S ^a  

^a Molecular Biology University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROINJECTION; OOCYTE; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; HUMANS; KINETICS; MICROINJECTIONS; OOCYTES; RNA; XENOPUS;

EID: 0031972484     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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