Abstrakt, a DEAD Box Protein, Regulates Insc Levels and Asymmetric Division of Neural and Mesodermal Progenitors

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 138-144

  Irion, Uwe ^a,e   Leptin, Maria ^a   Siller, Karsten ^b   Fuerstenberg, Sal ^b   Cai, Yu ^c   Doe, Chris Q ^b   Chia, William ^c,d   Yang, Xiaohang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 1142294043     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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