Xenopus as an experimental system for developmental neuroscience: Introduction to a special issue

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 463-464

  Cline, Hollis T ^a   Kelly, Darcy ^b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EDITORIAL; GENE FUNCTION; GENOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEUROSCIENCES; XENOPUS;

EID: 84858047575     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22012     Document Type: Editorial

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