RNA localization in Xenopus oocytes

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 529-540

  Schnapp, Bruce J ^a   Arn, Eric A ^a   Deshler, James O ^a   Highett, Martin I ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

3 untranslated region; Cell polarity; Development; Endoplasmic reticulum

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0000733056     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1997.0178     Document Type: Article

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