Localization-dependent translation requires a functional interaction between the 5' and 3' ends of oskar mRNA

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1652-1664

  Gunkel, Niki ^a   Yano, Tamaki ^a   Markussen, Finn Hugo ^a,b   Olsen, Lisbeth C ^a,c   Ephrussi, Anne ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Localization dependent translation; Oskar mRNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 2642633741     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.11.1652     Document Type: Article

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