The essential roles of the small GTPase Rac1 in limb development

Journal of Oral Biosciences

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 116-121

  Suzuki, Dai ^a   Yamada, Atsushi ^a   Kamijo, Ryutaro ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conditional knockout mice; Limb development; Rac1

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892591028     PISSN: 13490079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.job.2013.05.002     Document Type: Review

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