A double-stranded RNA binding protein required for activation of repressed messages in mammalian germ cells

Nature Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-174

  Zhong, Jun ^a   Peters, Antoine H F M ^a   Lee, Keesook ^a   Braun, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; PROTAMINE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MALE; MALE STERILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 0033052048     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/9684     Document Type: Article

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