A Noncoding RNA Is Required for the Repression of RNApolII-Dependent Transcription in Primordial Germ Cells

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-165

  Martinho, Rui Gonçalo ^a   Kunwar, Prabhat S ^a   Casanova, Jordi ^b   Lehmann, Ruth ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA;

EID: 1142281988     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.12.036     Document Type: Article

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