Translational control of development in C. elegans

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 551-559

  Goodwin, Elizabeth B ^a   Evans, Thomas C ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

3 UTR; C. elegans; Heterochronic genes; Sex determination; Translational control

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0001678159     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1997.0180     Document Type: Article

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