A Drosophila transcript whose anterior translation is repressed by Bicoid, helping establish a posterior Caudal protein distribution despite broad maternal transcript availability.
A Drosophila transcript with distinct maternal and zygotic contributions. Nanos-dependent regulation of the maternal RNA involves response elements in its 3′ untranslated region and shapes the posterior Hunchback protein distribution.
A maternally supplied Drosophila transcript localized at the anterior of the oocyte and early embryo, providing a spatial source of Bicoid protein.
The messenger-RNA region upstream of the principal coding start, which can contain structures and upstream reading frames affecting initiation.
A polycistronic messenger RNA contains multiple protein-coding regions. Their translation can be regulated independently or coupled through local RNA structure and ribosome movement.
The chloroplast transcript encoding D1 protein. Changes in its ribosome recruitment can help couple synthesis to demand for replacement D1 protein.
A localized Drosophila melanogaster transcript with an experimentally studied diffusion-and-entrapment mechanism.[ref]
The segment of a messenger RNA downstream of its translated coding region. It can contain cis-regulatory elements affecting localization, stability and biological translation.
A cis-regulatory messenger RNA element mediating Nanos-dependent regulation through associated RNA-binding proteins. mutation and reporter transfer can test necessity and sufficiency.
Removal of an RNA cap. It can expose an end to degradation and can also change recovery in an assay that selects capped RNAs.
A stretch of adenosine-containing residues at an RNA end. Tail length and associated proteins can influence messenger RNA stability and biological translation.
Shortening of an RNA poly(A) tail. For many cytoplasmic messenger RNAs, this contributes to progression toward decay.
A protein complex with functions in RNA regulation, including deadenylation; its recruitment can connect recognition by a silencing effector to RNA-tail shortening.
The maternal transcript whose local translation produces Oskar; its localisation controls where it can organise germ plasm in Drosophila melanogaster.
