The molecular metamorphosis of experimental embryology

Cell

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-55

  Fraser, Scott E ^a   Harland, Richard M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOGEN;

CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW;

EID: 0034614512     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81682-7     Document Type: Review

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