Status of RNAs, localized in Xenopus laevis oocytes, in the frogs Rana pipiens and Eleutherodactylus coqui

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 304, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-39

  Nath, Kimberly ^a   Boorech, Jamie L ^a,b   Beckham, Yvonne M ^a,c   Burns, Mary M ^a,d   Elinson, Richard P ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGT PROTEIN, XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FROG; FROGS AND TOADS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OOCYTE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANURA; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE LIBRARY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; RANA PIPIENS; RNA, MESSENGER; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS COQUI; RANA PIPIENS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 14844337101     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21020     Document Type: Article

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