Direct and long-range action of a DPP morphogen gradient

Cell

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 357-368

  Nellen, Denise ^a   Burke, Richard ^a   Struhl, Gary ^b   Basler, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; FORELIMB; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LARVA; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029894568     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81114-9     Document Type: Article

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