Complexity of EGF receptor signalling revealed in Drosophila

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 407-411

  Freeman, Matthew ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; LIGAND;

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031659601     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(98)80110-X     Document Type: Article

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