Cell determination strategies in the Drosophila eye

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 261-270

  Freeman, Matthew ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argos; Cell signalling; Drosophila; EGF receptor; Eye development; Spitz

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; LIGAND; PROTEIN;

CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; DROSOPHILA; EYE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; EYE; GENES, INSECT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTORECEPTORS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031051197     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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