2 Drosophila Myogenesis and insights into the Role of nautilus

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 38, Issue C, 1997, Pages 35-80

  Abmayr, Susan M ^a   Keller, Cheryl A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEINS; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX PROTEINS; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031612950     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-2153(08)60244-6     Document Type: Article

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