Mechanisms of asymmetric cell division during animal development

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 833-841

  Knoblich, Juergen A ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL DIVISION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STEM CELL;

EID: 0030666655     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(97)80085-3     Document Type: Article

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