Waiting periods, instructive signals and positional information

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1169-1175

  Basler, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TIME;

EID: 0034653429     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.6.1169     Document Type: Review

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