A role for cyclin E/Cdk2 in the timing of the midblastula transition in Xenopus embryos

Developmental Biology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 312-321

  Hartley, Rebecca S ^a   Sible, Jill C ^a   Lewellyn, Andrea L ^a   Maller, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN E;

ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CELL CYCLE; DNA SYNTHESIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

EID: 0031571643     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8647     Document Type: Article

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