Zygotic transcription is required to block a maternal program of apoptosis in Xenopus embryos

Developmental Biology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 335-346

  Sible, Jill C ^a   Anderson, Julie A ^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

ALPHA AMANITIN; CYCLIN E; CYCLOHEXIMIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; EMBRYO; GASTRULA; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031572282     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8683     Document Type: Article

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