Neuregulins and neuregulin receptors in neural development

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-92

  Gassmann, Martin ^a   Lemke, Greg ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RECEPTOR;

BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEART DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL CREST CELL; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL;

EID: 0031045328     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(97)80125-0     Document Type: Article

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