Cytoplasmic polyadenylation of activin receptor mRNA and the control of pattern formation in Xenopus development

Developmental Biology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 239-250

  Simon, Ruth ^a   Wu, Lin ^a   Richter, Joel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030579176     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0254     Document Type: Article

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