The role of elav-like genes, a conserved family encoding RNA-binding proteins, in growth and development

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 577-584

  Good, Peter J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic polyadenylation; mRNA stability; Neural development; RNA processing; RNA binding proteins

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040832871     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1997.0183     Document Type: Article

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