In line with our ancestors: Oct-4 and the mammalian germ

BioEssays

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 722-732

  Pesce, Maurizio ^a   Gross, Michael K ^b   Schöler, Hans R ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032170283     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199809)20:9<722::AID-BIES5>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Review

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