Maternal message

Goldman, D. S., Kiessling, A. A., and Cooper, G. M. (1988). Post-transcriptional processing suggests that c-mos functions as a maternal message in mouse eggs. Oncogene 3 159-162. 

RNA is abundant in rat liver and intestine, the two organs that synthesize triglyceride-rich lipoproteins moreover, a small amount of message is found in rat adrenal tissue and a 20-fold increase in placental apoB mRN A concentrations during the last 48 hr of pregnancy. . . suggests a specific role for this organ in maternal—fetal lipid transport immediately prior to parturition (Demmer et ai, 1986). 

The sermon with its text of love nurtures the tenderness of heart begun at Bedford. Within this maternal matrix, Bunyan first received the message of love that is here continued by the sermon, probably delivered by Gifford and therefore by his spiritual father one in authority and inspired by grace. Erik Erikson, whose seminal work on Martin Luther I have called upon elsewhere to illuminate the dynamics of Yovmg Man Bunyan , emphasises the cardinal importance of a revival of basic trust in any religious conversion. Erikson... 

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