Roles of the JNK signaling pathway in Drosophila morphogenesis

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 466-472

  Noselli, Stéphane ^a   Agnès, François ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Centre de Biologie du Développement Bâtiment 4R3   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; EPITHELIUM CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DROSOPHILA; HEXAPODA; METAZOA;

EID: 0033523287     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(99)80071-9     Document Type: Article

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