Morphogenesis: FGF branches out

Current Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages

  Skaer, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031127726     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00110-2     Document Type: Review

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