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. 2006 Mar 24;124(6):1117-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2006.03.005.
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A tiny helper lightens the maternal load
Detlef Weigel et al. Cell. 2006.
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In a recent issue of Science, the puzzle of how a large number of maternal mRNAs can be coordinately destroyed at the mid-blastula transition of early animal embryogenesis is solved. The mysterious agent is not a protein but rather a microRNA that is transcribed at this transition point.
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