Localization of mitochondrial large ribosomal RNA in germ plasm of Xenopus embryos

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 1117-1120

  Kobayashi, Satoru ^a   Amikura, Reiko ^a   Mukai, Masanori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032497621     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(98)70466-X     Document Type: Article

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