RNA-binding protein conserved in both microtubule- and microfilament- based RNA localization

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1593-1598

  Havin, Leora ^a   Git, Anna ^a,b   Elisha, Zichrini ^a   Oberman, Froma ^a   Yaniv, Karina ^a   Schwartz, Sigal Pressman ^a   Standart, Nancy ^b   Yisraeli, Joel K ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

KH domain; Microtubules; Oocytes; RNA localization; Vgl RBP; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; FIBROBLAST; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA BINDING; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2642697829     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.11.1593     Document Type: Article

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