Multiple functions of the EGF receptor in Drosophila eye development

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 1039-1048

  Domínguez, María ^a   Wasserman, Jonathan D ^a   Freeman, Matthew ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIGNALLING; DROSOPHILA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ORGANOGENESIS; PHOTORECEPTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032563808     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(98)70441-5     Document Type: Article

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