Cup-ling oskar RNA localization and translational control

Lasko , Paul

doi:10.1083/jcb.200311123

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Cup-ling oskar RNA localization and translational control

Paul Lasko

Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Paul Lasko

Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Address correspondence to Paul Lasko, Department of Biology, McGill University, 115 West University Parkway, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Tel.: (514) 398-6401. Fax: (514) 398-5069. emial: [email protected]

Abbreviations used in this paper: 4E-T, eIF4E transporter; Bru, Bruno; Btz, Barenstz; Exu, Exuperantia; Osk, Oskar; Yps, Ypsilon Schachtel.

Received: September 12 2003

Accepted: November 07 2003

Online ISSN: 1540-8140

Print ISSN: 0021-9525

The Rockefeller University Press

2003

J Cell Biol (2003) 163 (6): 1189–1191.

https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.200311123

RNA localization and spatially restricted translational control can serve to deploy specific proteins to particular places within a cell. oskar (osk) RNA is a key initiatior of posterior patterning and germ cell specification in Drosophila, and its localization and translation are under elaborate control. In this issue, Wilhelm et al. (2003) show that the protein Cup both promotes osk localization and participates in repressing translation of unlocalized osk.

The Rockefeller University Press

2003

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