Neuregulins in development

Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 247-262

  Lemke, Greg ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIREGULIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NEURITE PROMOTING FACTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C ERB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0029888137     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcne.1996.0019     Document Type: Review

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