mRNA localization and translational control in Drosophila oogenesis

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Lasko, Paul ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MODELS, GENETIC; OOGENESIS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84867618238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a012294     Document Type: Review

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