NURD-complex genes antagonise Ras-induced vulval development in Caenorhabditis elegans

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 223-226

  Solari, Florence ^a   Ahringer, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; VERMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034708057     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00343-2     Document Type: Article

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