Morphogen gradients. A question of time or concentration?

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-44

  Pagès, Françoise ^a   Kerridge, Stephen ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MORPHOGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL STRUCTURE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; INSECT PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; XENOPUS;

EID: 0033955777     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(99)01880-6     Document Type: Note

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