Standout Papers
- Transcription of muscle-specific actin genes in early xenopus development: Nuclear transplantation and cell dissociation (1984)
- Lack of inactivation of a mouse X-linked gene physically separated from the inactivation centre. (1986)
- All components required for the eventual activation of muscle-specific actin genes are localized in the subequatorial region of an uncleaved amphibian egg. (1985)
- Cell type-specific activation of actin genes in the early amphibian embryo (1984)
- Activation of muscle-specific actin genes in xenopus development by an induction between animal and vegetal cells of a blastula (1985)
- Muscle gene activation by induction and the nonrequirement for cell division (1986)
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