Pattern formation and cell specification in nematode embryos: A theme with considerable variations

Zoology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 320-327

  Schierenberg, Einhard ^a   Wiegner, Oliver ^a   Bossinger, Olaf ^a   Skiba, Frauke ^a   Kutzowitz, Marzena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Cell fate; Cephalobus spec; Embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040121965     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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