Rostral optic tectum acquires caudal characteristics following ectopic Engrailed expression

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1006-1014

  Logan, Cairine ^a   Wizenmann, Andrea ^a   Drescher, Uwe ^b   Monschau, Bruno ^b   Bonhoeffer, Friedrich ^b   Lumsden, Andrew ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0030221467     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00645-0     Document Type: Article

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