POU-er-ful developmental regulators revisited

Current Opinion in Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 378-387

  Ryan, Aimee K ^a   Erkman, Linda ^a   Bermingham Jr , John R ^a   Rosenfeld, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 1842587542     PISSN: 10683097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00060793-199610000-00004     Document Type: Article

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