VASA mediates translation through interaction with a Drosophila yIF2 homolog

Molecular Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 181-187

  Carrera, Pilar ^a,c   Johnstone, Oona ^b   Nakamura, Akira ^b,d   Casanova, Jordi ^c   Jäckle, Herbert ^a   Lasko, Paul ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; STEM CELL; TRANSLATION REGULATION; YEAST;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033963247     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80414-1     Document Type: Article

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