Genetic and molecular analyses of motoneuron development

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 697-704

  Eisen, Judith S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

FLY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MARKER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TARGET ORGAN; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0031701838     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(98)80110-4     Document Type: Article

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