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Defining the Program of Maternal mRNA Translation during In vitro Maturation using a Single Oocyte Reporter Assay
Published on: June 16, 2021
Author Correction: Ultrasensitive Ribo-seq reveals translational landscapes during mammalian oocyte-to-embryo
Zhuqing Xiong1,2, Kai Xu1,3, Zili Lin4
1Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Nature Cell Biology
|May 11, 2026
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