An anterior signalling centre in Xenopus revealed by the homeobox gene XHex

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 946-954

  Jones, C Michael ^a,c   Broadbent, Joanne ^b   Thomas, Paul Q ^a   Smith, James C ^a   Beddington, Rosa S P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CERBERUS; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033539023     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80421-7     Document Type: Article

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