RNA sorting in Drosophila oocytes and embryos

FASEB Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 421-433

  Lasko, Paul ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Oocyte nucleus; Oogenesis; Posterior pole; RNA localization

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH REGULATION; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 0032967610     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.13.3.421     Document Type: Review

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