NANOS-3 and FBF proteins physically interact to control the sperm-oocyte switch in Caenorhabditis elegans

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 1009-1018

  Kraemer, Brian ^a   Crittenden, Sarah ^a   Gallegos, Maria ^a,c   Moulder, Gary ^b   Barstead, Robert ^b   Kimble, Judith ^a   Wickens, Marvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA; MESSENGER RNA; OOCYTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REGENERATIVE ABILITY; REGULATORY ELEMENT; SPERMATOGENESIS; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0033598198     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80449-7     Document Type: Article

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