Pancreas: How to get there from the gut?

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 663-668

  Edlund, Helena ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL TYPE; DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PANCREAS; PANCREAS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

EID: 0032754175     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(99)00033-2     Document Type: Review

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