Roles of Armadillo, a Drosophila catenin, during central nervous system development

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 622-633

  Loureiro, Joseph ^a   Peifer, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARMADILLO; DROSOPHILA ARMADILLO; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032554841     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70249-0     Document Type: Article

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