DEADSouth protein localizes to germ plasm and is required for the development of primordial germ cells in Xenopus laevis

Biology Open

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 191-199

  Yamaguchi, Takeshi ^a   Taguchi, Ayaka ^a   Watanabe, Kenji ^a   Orii, Hidefumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Germline; LNA gapmer; RNA helicase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84965002244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20123111     Document Type: Article

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