Signalling by TGF-β family members: Short-Range effects of Xnr-2 and BMP-4 contrast with the long-range effects of activin

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1468-1475

  Jones, C M ^a   Armes, N ^a   Smith, J C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030476862     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(96)00751-8     Document Type: Article

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