Early steps in vertebrate cardiogenesis

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 628-633

  Mohun, Tim ^a   Sparrow, Duncan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMPHIBIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHICKEN; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; FISH; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MESODERM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STEM CELL; TISSUE INDUCTION;

AMPHIBIA; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030771063     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(97)80010-X     Document Type: Article

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