A tiny helper lightens the maternal load

Weigel, D; Izaurralde, E

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.03.005

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A tiny helper lightens the maternal load

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Weigel, D
Department Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Max Planck Society;

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Izaurralde, E
Department Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Max Planck Society;

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Weigel, D., & Izaurralde, E. (2006). A tiny helper lightens the maternal load. Cell, 124(6), 1117-1118. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.03.005.

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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.