Mechanisms of translational control in early development

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 555-561

  Seydoux, Geraldine ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANS ACTING FACTOR;

EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE REPRESSION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSLATION; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 0030272660     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(96)80083-9     Document Type: Article

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