Early liver differentiation: Genetic potentiation and multilevel growth control

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 526-531

  Zaret, Ken ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENDODERM; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GROWTH REGULATION; INTESTINE; LIVER CELL; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032191349     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(98)80006-3     Document Type: Article

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