Hoxa5: A master gene with multifaceted roles;Hoxa5: Un maître d'œuvre à multiples facettes

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-82

  Boucherat, Olivier ^a   Guillou, François ^a   Aubin, Josée ^a   Jeannotte, Lucie ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 58849131551     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/200925177     Document Type: Review

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