Activation of a meiotic checkpoint regulates translation of Gurken during Drosophila oogenesis

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 354-357

  Ghabrial, Amin ^a   Schüpbach, Trudi ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABELMOSCHUS;

DEAD BOX PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EGG PROTEIN; GURKEN PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; INSECT PROTEIN; RNA HELICASE; SPINDLE B PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; VAS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DROSOPHILA; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EGG PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MEIOSIS; OOGENESIS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA HELICASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0033202890     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/14046     Document Type: Article

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