Cell-surface area codes: Mobile-element related gene switches generate precise and heritable cell-surface displays of address molecules that are used for constructing embryos

Genetica

Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 249-259

  Dreyer, William J ^a   Roman Dreyer, Janet ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell interactions in development; Cell lineage; Gene rearrangements; Olfactory receptors; Protocadherins; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPOSON;

CELL MEMBRANE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INTEGRASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TRANSPOSASES;

EID: 0033287130     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003909311678     Document Type: Article

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