Vegetal localization of maternal mRNAs is disrupted by VegT depletion

Developmental Biology

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 377-386

  Heasman, Janet ^a   Wessely, Oliver ^b   Langland, Rachel ^a   Craig, Eileen J ^c   Kessler, Daniel S ^c  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense; Bicaudal C; Maternal; RNA localization; VegT; Vg1; Wnt11; Xcat2; Xenopus; Xotx1

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BICAUDAL C; PROTEIN VEGT; PROTEIN VG1; PROTEIN XCAT2; PROTEIN XOTX1; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; GERM LAYER; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA TRANSLATION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS;

EID: 0035894455     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2001.0495     Document Type: Article

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