mRNA localization: Motile RNA, asymmetric anchors

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 604-609

  Bloom, Kerry ^a   Beach, Dale L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN;

GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSLATION; RNA TRANSPORT; YEAST CELL;

EID: 0032716394     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(99)00029-6     Document Type: Review

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