Heterotrimeric G proteins regulate daughter cell size asymmetry in Drosophila neuroblast divisions

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 947-954

  Fuse, Naoyuki ^a   Hisata, Kanako ^a   Katzen, Alisa L ^c   Matsuzaki, Fumio ^a,b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

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EID: 0037850976     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00334-8     Document Type: Article

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