New perspectives on embryonic lens induction

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-155

  Grainger, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Determination; Eye; Induction; Lens; Mouse; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000072876     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1996.0021     Document Type: Article

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