Induction and differentiation of the neural crest

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 695-698

  García Castro, Martín ^a   Bronner Fraser, Marianne ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL MIGRATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL CREST CELL; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344577897     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(99)00038-1     Document Type: Review

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