The maternal mRNA nanos is required for anterior-posterior patterning in the early Drosophila melanogaster development. The nanos-mRNA is translationally repressed and deadenylated during the first two hours of embryogenesis. A stem-loop structure in the 3'-UTR of this RNA (SRE - Smaug recogniiton e...
ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly)