The Drosophila semushi mutation blocks nuclear import of bicoid during embryogenesis.

doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(07)00538-6

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The Drosophila semushi mutation blocks nuclear import of bicoid during embryogenesis.

Current biology : CB - 19 Nov 1998

Epps J L, Tanda S

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The maternal transcript of the anterior segmentation gene bicoid (bcd) is localized at the anterior pole of the Drosophila egg and translated to form a gradient in the nuclei of the syncytial blastoderm embryo after fertilization [1-3]. The nuclear gradient of Bcd protein - a transcription factor...

Topics

Animals
Biological Transport
Cell Nucleus
Drosophila
Drosophila Proteins
Homeodomain Proteins
Insect Proteins
Ligases
Mutation
Trans-Activators
Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes
Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzyme UBC9

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