Post-transcriptional regulation of the meiotic Cdc25 protein Twine by the Dazl orthologue Boule

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-174

  Maines, Jean Z ^a   Wasserman, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VERTEBRATA;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BOULE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DAZ1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DAZL PROTEIN, HUMAN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TWINE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CENTROSOME; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; GENETICS; MALE; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL CYCLE; CENTROSOME; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MEIOSIS; OLIGOSPERMIA; PROTEIN-TYROSINE-PHOSPHATASE; PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATOCYTES; TESTIS;

EID: 0033163880     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/11091     Document Type: Article

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