Translational regulation and RNA localization in Drosophila oocytes and embryos

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue , 2001, Pages 365-406

  Johnstone, O ^a   Lasko, P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axis patterning; Cytoskeleton dependent transport; Early development; UTRs

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; MESSENGER RNA; RNA;

ADENYLATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; OOCYTES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0035674402     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.35.102401.090756     Document Type: Review

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