The regulation of the Drosophila msl-2 gene reveals a function for Sex-lethal in translational control.

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Published in Cell on May 30, 1997

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G J Bashaw1, B S Baker

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1: Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, California 94305, USA.

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