Morphogen gradients: New insights from DPP

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 396-402

  Podos, Steven D ^a   Ferguson, Edwin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BRINKER PROTEIN; CANCER GROWTH FACTOR; MORPHOGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TARGET CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033214367     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(99)01854-5     Document Type: Review

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