Invertebrate versus vertebrate neurogenesis: Variations on the same theme?

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-10

  Salzberg, Adi ^a,b   Bellen, Hugo J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENES; GENES, INSECT; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0029995360     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1996)18:1<1::AID-DVG1>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Review

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