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The location of maternal mRNA in eggs and embryos
Author(s) -
Jeffery William R.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
bioessays
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.175
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1521-1878
pISSN - 0265-9247
DOI - 10.1002/bies.950010503
Subject(s) - embryo , messenger rna , cytoplasm , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , cytoskeleton , embryonic stem cell , embryogenesis , genetics , gene , cell
Recent studies have shown that some maternal mRNAs are localized in specific cytoplasmic regions of eggs and embryos and are rearranged in concert with the cytoplasmic movements that fix the embryonic axes. The localization and ooplasmic segregation of mRNA molecules may be mediated by their association with specific egg cytoskeletal domains.