Growth control: Invertebrate insulin surprises!

Current Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages

  Leevers, Sally J ^a,b  

^a LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; VERMES;

EID: 0035916805     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00107-5     Document Type: Review

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