NGF receptor expression in sensory neurons develops normally in embryos lacking NGF

Developmental Biology

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 434-438

  Davies, Alun M ^a   Wyatt, Sean ^a,c   Nishimura, Merry ^b   Phillips, Heidi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^c Department of Molecular Pathology ^*  (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0028783515     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1995.1293     Document Type: Article

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