The homeobox gene NKX3.2 is a target of left-right signalling and is expressed on opposite sides in chick and mouse embryos

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 911-914

  Schneider, André ^a   Mijalski, Tomek ^a   Schlange, Thomas ^a   Dai, Weilie ^b   Overbeek, Paul ^b   Arnold, Hans Henning ^a   Brand, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 33645518276     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80397-2     Document Type: Article

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