A simple molecular model of neurulation

BioEssays

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 758-770

  Kerszberg, Michel ^a   Changeux, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ERINACEIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032170285     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199809)20:9<758::AID-BIES9>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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