Axis development and early asymmetry in mammals

Cell

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 195-209

  Beddington, Rosa S P ^a   Robertson, Elizabeth J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIS; CELL MOTION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033593571     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80560-7     Document Type: Review

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