MEX-3 is a KH domain protein that regulates blastomere identity in early C. elegans embryos

Cell

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-216

  Draper, Bruce W ^a,b   Mello, Craig C ^a,d   Bowerman, Bruce ^a,e   Hardin, Jeff ^c   Priess, James R ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN MEX3; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; INTESTINE CELL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0030592578     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81339-2     Document Type: Article

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