Oligodendrocyte precursor cells count time but not cell divisions before differentiation

Current Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 152-155

  Gao, Fen Biao ^a   Durand, Béatrice ^a   Raff, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031080329     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(06)00060-1     Document Type: Article

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