Nuclear localization of Obox4 is dependent on its homeobox domain

Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Park, Geon Tae ^a   Lee, Kyung Ah ^a  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Homeodomain protein; Localization; Obox4

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877112873     PISSN: 22338233     EISSN: 22338241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5653/cerm.2013.40.1.1     Document Type: Article

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