The development of animal embryos is initially directed by maternal gene products. Then,
during the maternal-to-zygotic transition (MZT), developmental control is handed to the …

This review describes the structure and functions of Y-box binding protein 1 (YB-1) and its
homologs. Interactions of YB-1 with DNA, mRNAs, and proteins are considered. Data on the …

Full-grown oocytes are transcriptionally silent and must stably maintain the messenger
RNAs (mRNAs) needed for oocyte meiotic maturation and early embryonic development …

Factors affecting egg quality are determined by the intrinsic properties of the egg itself and
the environment in which the egg is fertilized and subsequently incubated. Egg quality in fish …

Nucleolin is an abundant protein of the nucleolus. Nucleolar proteins structurally related to
nucleolin are found in organisms ranging from yeast to plants and mammals. The …

Although it has been known since the late 1970s that intron-containing and intronless
versions of otherwise identical genes can exhibit dramatically different expression profiles …

The Third Edition of Chromatin: Structure and Function brings the reader up-to-date with the
remarkable progress in chromatin research over the past three years. It has been …

CspA, the major cold-shock protein of Escherichia coli, is dramatically induced during the
cold-shock response. The amino acid sequence of CspA shows 43% identity to the" cold …

In higher eukaryotes, intron-containing and intronless versions of otherwise identical genes
can exhibit dramatically different expression profiles. Introns and the act of their removal by …

It is becoming increasingly apparent that translational control plays an important role in the
regulation of gene expression in eukaryotic cells. Most of the known physiological effects on …