Mechanisms of maternal mRNA regulation: Implications for mammalian early embryonic development

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3713-3726

  Bettegowda, Anilkumar ^a   Smith, George W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3' Untranslated region; Cis regulatory element; CPEB; EPAB; Histone mRNA; Maskin; MiRNA; MRNA; MSY2; RasiRNA; Review; RINGO; RNA binding proteins; SLBP; Spy mRNA; Symplekin

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 34347242800     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/2346     Document Type: Article

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