Differentiation of the vertebrate neural tube

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 885-891

  Bronner Fraser, Marianne ^a   Fraser, Scott E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL INTERACTION; CELL TYPE; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROECTODERM; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0030667761     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(97)80092-0     Document Type: Article

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