Drosophila brain tumor is a translational repressor

Genes and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 762-773

  Sonoda, J ^a   Wharton, R P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Nanos; NHL domain; Pumilio; Translation

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN B; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN BRAT; PROTEIN NANO; PROTEIN PUMILIO; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPLEX FORMATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA BINDING;

ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; CYCLIN B; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; INSECT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; WING;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0035868645     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.870801     Document Type: Article

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