Control of muscle fibre and motoneuron diversification

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 54-64

  Hughes, Simon M ^a   Salinas, Patricia C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INNERVATION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOBLAST; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMITE; TARGET ORGAN; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0033005848     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(99)80007-5     Document Type: Article

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