Establishing myogenic identity during somitogenesis

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 634-641

  Tajbakhsh, Shahragim ^a   Cossu, Giulio ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOD PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOBOX; MESODERM; MOUSE MUTANT; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITE; STEM CELL;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 0030728649     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(97)80011-1     Document Type: Article

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