Drosophila oogenesis: A model system to understand TGF-β/Dpp directed cell morphogenesis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 857, Issue , 1998, Pages 245-247

  Dobens, Leonard L ^a   Raftery, Laurel A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; MARKER GENE; MORPHOGENESIS; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL;

EID: 0031787978     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10123.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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