Regulation of cell differentiation by the Drosophila Jun kinase cascade

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 666-671

  Martin Blanco, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS CELL; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030772284     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(97)80015-9     Document Type: Article

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