Steel factor directs melanocyte development in vitro through selective regulation of the number of c-kit+ progenitors

Developmental Biology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 568-579

  Reid, Kate ^a   Nishikawa, Shin Ichi ^a,b   Bartlett, Perry F ^a   Murphy, Mark ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0029030644     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1995.1170     Document Type: Article

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