Biphasic subcellular localization of the DAZL-related protein boule in Drosophila spermatogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 567-576

  Cheng, Mickie H ^a   Maines, Jean Z ^a   Wasserman, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DAZ; Meiosis; Posttranscriptional regulation; RNA binding protein; Y loops

Indexed keywords

RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DROSOPHILA; MEIOSIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA TRANSLATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0032535534     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.9098     Document Type: Article

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