Two molecular models of initial left-right asymmetry generation

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 429-435

  Levin, M ^a   Nascone, N ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MODEL; MORPHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

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EID: 0030668717     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(97)90092-X     Document Type: Article

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