Translational regulation of maternal mRNAs

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 403-407

  Macdonald, Paul M ^a   Smibert, Craig A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANS ACTING FACTOR;

DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EGG; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSLATION REGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030218003     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(96)80060-8     Document Type: Article

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