Reorganizing the organizer 75 years on

Cell

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 417-425

  Angela Nieto, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLASTULA; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH REGULATION; MESODERM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; XENOPUS;

EID: 0033588044     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81971-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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