Cell migration in Drosophila

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 473-478

  Forbes, Alexandria ^a   Lehmann, Ruth ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATIDATE PHOSPHATASE; UVOMORULIN;

CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; DROSOPHILA; GONAD; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 0033523279     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(99)80072-0     Document Type: Article

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