DeLIMiting development

BioEssays

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 58-69

  Curtiss, Jennifer ^a   Heilig, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031938573     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199801)20:1<58::AID-BIES9>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Review

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