Fringe, notch, and making developmental boundaries

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 434-441

  Irvine, Kenneth D ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITE;

DROSOPHILA; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033523278     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(99)80066-5     Document Type: Article

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