Wnt gradient formation: From source to sink

Animal Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 425-446

  Coudreuse, Damien ^a   Korswagen, Hendrik C ^a  

^a HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Morphogen gradient; Wingless; Wnt

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; FLY; LIGAND; MORPHOGENESIS; PROTEIN;

EID: 33845350848     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075606778967793     Document Type: Conference Paper

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