A screen for tendon-specific genes uncovers new and old components involved in muscle-tendon interaction

Fly

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-153

  Gilsohn, Eliezer ^a   Volk, Talila ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Embryo; Integrin; Muscle; Stripe; Tendon

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952681763     PISSN: 19336934     EISSN: 19336942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/fly.4.2.11231     Document Type: Article

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