Intercellular signaling and the polarization of body axes during Drosophila oogenesis

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1711-1723

  Ray, Robert P ^a   Schüpbach, Trudi ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; CELL INTERACTION; DROSOPHILA; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029767045     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.14.1711     Document Type: Review

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