What role might lampbrush chromosomes play in maternal gene expression?

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 645-652

  Angelier, Nicole ^a,b   Penrad Mobayed, May ^b   Billoud, Bernard ^b   Bonnanfant Jaïs, Marie Louise ^b   Coumailleau, Pascal ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Lampbrush chromosomes; Maternal mRNA; Urodele amphibians

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

AMPHIBIA; CHROMOSOME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HSP90 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OOCYTES; PLEURODELES; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0029843744     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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