Translational repression: A duet of Nanos and Pumilio

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages

  Parisi, Michael ^a   Lin, Haifan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0033953341     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00283-9     Document Type: Article

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