DEADSouth is a germ plasm specific DEAD-box RNA helicase in Xenopus related to eIF4A

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 291-295

  MacArthur, Heather ^a   Houston, Douglas W ^a   Bubunenko, Mikhail ^a   Mosquera, Luis ^a   King, Mary Lou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DEAD box protein; eIF4A; Germ plasm; Localized RNA; RNA binding helicase; Spermatogenesis; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN EIF4A; RNA HELICASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GERM CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4A; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; RNA HELICASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; XENOPUS;

EID: 0034235351     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00357-9     Document Type: Article

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