A ubiquitous and conserved signal for RNA localization in chordates

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 1756-1761

  Betley, J Nicholas ^a   Frith, Martin C ^b   Graber, Joel H ^b   Choo, Soheun ^b   Deshler, James O ^a,b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FEMALE; OOCYTES; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; SOFTWARE; VERTEBRATES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; EUKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0037108322     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01220-4     Document Type: Article

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