Metamorphic change in EP37 expression: Members of the βγ-crystallin superfamily in newt

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 206, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 417-424

  Ogawa, Masanori ^a   Takabatake, Takashi ^a   Takahashi, Tadashi C ^b   Takeshima, Kazuhito ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Biohistory Research Hall ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Cornea; Epidermis; Metamorphosis; Newt; crystallin superfamily

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000198366     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050071     Document Type: Article

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