Masking, unmasking, and regulated polyadenylation cooperate in the translational control of a dormant mRNA in mouse oocytes

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 2535-2548

  Stutz, André ^a   Conne, Béatrice ^a   Huarte, Joachim ^a   Gubler, Pascale ^a   Völkel, Valérie ^a   Flandin, Pierre ^a   Vassalli, Jean Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3' UTR; Mouse; Oocytes; Poly(A); tPA mRNA; Translation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; POLYADENYLIC ACID; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; SILENT GENE; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032529190     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.16.2535     Document Type: Article

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