Apoptosis: Ras to the rescue in the fly eye

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages

  McNeill, Helen ^a   Downward, Julian ^b  

^a Developmental Patterning   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033545603     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80107-9     Document Type: Note

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