Muscle founder cells regulate defasciculation and targeting of motor axons in the Drosophila embryo

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 589-592

  Landgraf, Matthias ^a   Baylies, Mary ^b   Bate, Michael ^a  

^a Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033519664     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80262-0     Document Type: Article

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