An achaete-scute homologue essential for neuroendocrine differentiation in the lung

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6627, 1997, Pages 852-855

  Borges, Michael ^a   Linnoila, R Ilona ^b   Van De Velde, Helgi J K ^a   Chen, Herbert ^a   Nelkin, Barry D ^a   Mabry, Mack ^a   Baylin, Stephen B ^a   Ball, Douglas W ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030936265     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386852a0     Document Type: Article

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