XFKH2, a Xenopus HNF-3α homologue, exhibits both activin-inducible and autonomous phases of expression in early embryos

Developmental Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 413-423

  Bolce, Margaret E ^a   Hemmati Brivanlou, Ali ^a,b   Harland, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0027330916     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1993.1317     Document Type: Article

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