Establishing links between developmental signaling pathways and cell-cycle regulation in Drosophila

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-88

  Duronio, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0033039013     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(99)80012-4     Document Type: Article

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