A late phase of Oskar accumulation is crucial for posterior patterning of the Drosophila embryo, and is blocked by ectopic expression of Bruno

Differentiation

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 246-255

  Snee, Mark J ^a   Harrison, Dianne ^a   Yan, Nan ^a   Macdonald, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bruno; Drosophila; Gurken; Oogenesis; Oskar; Translational regulation

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BRUNO; PROTEIN GURKEN; PROTEIN OSKAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 33947204064     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.2006.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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