Uncoupling of transcription and translation during zygotic gene activation in the mouse

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 5715-5725

  Nothias, Jean Yves ^a,b   Miranda, Miriam ^a   DePamphilis, Melvin L ^a,c  

^a HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

RNA polymerase; Transcription; Translation; Uncoupling; Zygotic gene activation

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA TRANSLATION; TIME; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029903871     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00955.x     Document Type: Article

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