Molecular models for vertebrate limb development

Cell

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 979-990

  Johnson, Randy L ^a   Tabin, Clifford J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

CHICKEN; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030968579     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80364-5     Document Type: Review

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