Recruitment of nanos to hunchback mRNA by Pumilio

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 2704-2712

  Sonoda, Junichiro ^a   Wharton, Robin P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Nanos; Pumilio; RNA binding protein; Translational control

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANS ACTING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSLATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BODY PATTERNING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0033569404     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.20.2704     Document Type: Article

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