Fgf Signaling Controls the Number of Phalanges and Tip Formation in Developing Digits

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 1830-1836

  Sanz Ezquerro, Juan José ^a,b   Tickle, Cheryll ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0142040824     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.09.040     Document Type: Article

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