Differentiation: A central topic in developmental and cell biology

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 457-467

  Muller W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE LOCUS; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEMORY CELL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE PROTEINS;

EID: 0032862236     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050655     Document Type: Review

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