Wnt signaling and forebrain development

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Harrison Uy, Susan J ^a   Pleasure, Samuel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; HUMANS; PROSENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 84863886183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a008094     Document Type: Article

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