Hedgehogs in the clinic

Nature Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1308-1310

  Mcmahon, Andrew P ^a   Chuang, Pao Tien ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMANS; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNDACTYLY;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 0029802606     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm1296-1308     Document Type: Short Survey

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