Adherens junctions in the Drosophila embryo: The role of E- cadherin in their establishment and morphogenetic function

BioEssays

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 609-612

  Knust, Elisabeth ^a,b   Leptin, Maria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Institut für Genetik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARMADILLO; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030218981     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.950180802     Document Type: Review

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