The compulsion of chirality: Toward an understanding of left-right asymmetry

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 763-769

  Levin, Michael ^a   Mercola, Mark ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHIRALITY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; ISOMERISM; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SITUS INVERSUS;

EID: 0032521459     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.6.763     Document Type: Review

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