Transcriptional repression in development

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 358-364

  Gray, Susan ^a   Levine, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CELL MATURATION; CELL TYPE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029895168     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(96)80010-X     Document Type: Article

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