A Xenopus laevis gene encodes both homeobox-containing and homeobox-less transcripts.
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Progressively restricted expression of a new homeobox-containing gene during Xenopus laevis embryogenesis.
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عنوان ژورنال: The EMBO Journal
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0261-4189
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1987.tb02754.x