The achaete-scute complex proneural genes contribute to neural precursor specification in the Drosophila CNS

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1146-1152

  Skeath, James B ^a   Doe, Chris Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GILA; GOES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030250858     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)70681-7     Document Type: Article

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