Developmental signalling: A careful balancing act

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1998, Pages

  Lemaire, Patrick ^a   Yasuo, Hitoyoshi ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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EID: 0032568214     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70146-0     Document Type: Article

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