mRNA localization and the cytoskeleton

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 80-85

  De Heredia, Miguel López ^a   Jansen, Ralf Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

2,3 butanedione 2 monoxime; 3 untranslated region; 3 UTR; bcd; BDM; Bicoid; GFP; Green fluorescent protein; Mammalian Staufen; mStau; osk; Oskar; Ribonucleoprotein; RNP; ZBP; Zipcode binding protein

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA;

CELL FATE; CELL POLARITY; CELL SPECIFICITY; CENTROSOME; CYTOSKELETON; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CYTOSKELETON; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROTUBULES; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 1642317187     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2003.11.002     Document Type: Review

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