Notch in vertebrates

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 551-557

  Robey, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EMBRYO; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

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EID: 0030853591     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(97)80085-8     Document Type: Article

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