XCoe2, a transcription factor of the Col/Olf-1/EBF family involved in the specification of primary neurons in Xenopus

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 199-209

  Dubois, Laurence ^a   Bally Cuif, Laure ^b,d   Crozatier, Michèle ^a   Moreau, Jacques ^c   Paquereau, Laurent ^a   Vincent, Alain ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

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EID: 0032510040     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(98)70084-3     Document Type: Article

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