Invertebrate myogenesis: Looking back to the future of muscle development

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 431-439

  Baylies, Mary K ^a   Michelson, Alan M ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ASCIDIACEA; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INVERTEBRATE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035427224     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(00)00214-8     Document Type: Review

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