Blastocyst formation is blocked in mouse embryos lacking the splicing factor SRp20

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 899-902

  Jumaa, Hassan ^a   Wei, Grace ^a   Nielsen, Peter J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

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ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033607012     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80394-7     Document Type: Article

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