How to reach the right size?;Comment atteindre la bonne taille?

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 219-224

  Roisin Bouffay, Céline ^a   Gomer, Richard H ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; MYOSTATIN; PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BIRTH DEFECT; BODY REGIONS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; DICTYOSTELIUM; ESTHETIC SURGERY; GENOME; HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; TISSUE GROWTH; TISSUE REGENERATION; WOUND HEALING;

DICTYOSTELIUM;

EID: 1042302925     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2004202219     Document Type: Review

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