Xcat2 RNA is a translationally sequestered germ plasm component in Xenopus

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 75-88

  MacArthur, H ^a   Bubunenko, M ^a   Houston, D W ^a   King, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Embryogenesis; Germ plasm; RNA binding protein; RNA localization; Translational control; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTRULA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA NANOS; REPTILIA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032799947     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00075-1     Document Type: Article

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