RNA target specificity of the embryonic cell fate determinant POS-1

RNA

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2685-2697

  Farley, Brian M ^a   Pagano, John M ^a   Ryder, Sean P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryogenesis; Germline specification; Post transcriptional regulation; RNA binding; Tandem zinc finger

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; POS 1 PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; EMBRYO CELL; ENDODERM; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MAMMAL; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REPORTER GENE; RNA SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; UNTRANSLATED REGIONS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 57049154621     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.1256708     Document Type: Article

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