Histone mRNA expression: Multiple levels of cell cycle regulation and important developmental consequences

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 692-699

  Marzluff, William F ^a,b   Duronio, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA PRECURSOR;

CELL CYCLE; DNA SYNTHESIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HALF LIFE TIME; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA METABOLISM; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RNA STABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTONES; MODELS, GENETIC; OOGENESIS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0036898897     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(02)00387-3     Document Type: Review

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