The torso pathway in drosophila: Lessons on receptor tyrosine kinase signaling and pattern formation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 380-395

  Duffy, Joseph B ^a   Perrimon, Norbert ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0028556728     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1994.1324     Document Type: Review

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