The role of positive and negative signals in somite patterning

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-63

  Lassar, Andrew B ^a   Münsterberg, Andrea E ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; NEURAL TUBE; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCLEROTOME; SOMITE;

EID: 0342903231     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(96)80009-2     Document Type: Article

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