Sequence interval within the PEST motif of Bicoid is important for translational repression of caudal mRNA in the anterior region of the Drosophila embryo

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1966-1973

  Niessing, Dierk ^b   Dostatni, Nathalie ^a   Jäckle, Herbert ^b   Rivera Pomar, Rolando ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bicoid; Cap dependence; Head morphogenesis; PEST; Translational control

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA TRANSFECTION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENE REPRESSION; HEAD; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA;

EID: 0033118337     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.7.1966     Document Type: Article

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