Pathways of post-transcriptional gene regulation in mammalian germ cell development

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 210-216

  Elliott, D ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CYTOPLASM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MICE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA 3' END PROCESSING; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA SPLICING; RNA STABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 1842475964     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076806     Document Type: Article

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