Characterisation of five novel zebrafish Eph-related receptor tyrosine kinases suggests roles in patterning the neural plate

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 206, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 515-531

  Cooke, Julie E ^a   Xu, Qiling ^a   Wilson, Stephen W ^a   Holder, Nigel ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eph receptors; Neural patterning; Neural plate; Receptor tyrosine kinases; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000082639     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050082     Document Type: Article

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