ドロソフィラのオオゲネシスと胚形成におけるRNA輸送のための保存された信号と機構

S L Bullock1, D Ish-Horowicz

  • 1Developmental Genetics Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, UK.

Nature
|December 12, 2001
PubMed
まとめ

研究者らは,Egalitarian (Egl) とBicaudal D (BicD) タンパク質が,ドロソフィラ菌におけるメッセンジャーRNA (mRNA) の局所化を指示する鍵であることを発見した. これらのタンパク質は,特定のmRNA分子が発達中に正しい細胞の宛先に到達することを保証します.

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