Asymmetric cell division

Nature

Volumn 392, Issue 6678, 1998, Pages 775-778

  Jan, Yuh Nung ^a   Jan, Lily Yeh ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; JUVENILE HORMONES; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0000063597     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/33854     Document Type: Review

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