The genetic control of organ growth: Insights from Drosophila

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-80

  Weinkove, David ^a   Leevers, Sally J ^b,c  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

CELL CYCLE; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC REGULATION; GROWTH REGULATION; IMAGINAL DISC; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; ORGAN GROWTH; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

DROSOPHILA;

EID: 0033994360     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(99)00042-8     Document Type: Review

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