Binary specification of the embryonic lineage in Caenorhabditis elegans

Nature

Volumn 390, Issue 6657, 1997, Pages 294-298

  Kaletta, Titus ^a   Schnabel, Heinke ^a   Schnabel, Ralf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; MUSCLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; GENES, HELMINTH; MUTATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0030773708     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/36869     Document Type: Article

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