Switching on the notochord

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1643-1646

  Cunliffe, Vincent T ^a   Ingham, Philip W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MESODERM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033166411     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.13.1643     Document Type: Review

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