Pax genes and their roles in cell differentiation and development

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 851-857

  Mansouri, Ahmed ^a   Hallonet, Marc ^a   Gruss, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PAX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030560994     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(96)80087-1     Document Type: Article

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