Neural induction: Do fibroblast growth factors strike a cord?

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 672-675

  Mason, Ivor ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030156274     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(09)00446-1     Document Type: Article

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