The lin-4 regulatory RNA controls developmental timing in Caenorhabditis elegans by blocking LIN-14 protein synthesis after the initiation of translation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 671-680

  Olsen, Philip H ^a   Ambros, Victor ^a  

^a Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Heterochronic genes; Lin 4 RNA; Polyribosomes; Translation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; POLYADENYLATED RNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; POLYSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033572284     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9523     Document Type: Article

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