The cold shock domain protein LIN-28 controls developmental timing in C. elegans and is regulated by the lin-4 RNA

Cell

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 637-646

  Moss, Eric G ^a   Lee, Rosalind C ^a   Ambros, Victor ^a  

^a Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD SHOCK PROTEIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0030970775     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81906-6     Document Type: Article

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