Expression Patterns of Ubiquitin and Ubiquitin-Conjugated Proteins in the Early Development of Xenopus laevis

Korean Journal of Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-78

  Cho, Jae Kyung ^a   Ahn, Tae In ^a   Chung, Hae Moon ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Programmed cell death; Ubiquitin conjugates; Xenopus laevis; Xub transcript

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348050626     PISSN: 02545934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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