Travelling within the fetal gut: Simple rules for an arduous journey

BMC Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Xu, Qiling ^a   Heanue, Tiffany ^a   Pachnis, Vassilis ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; NEURAL CREST;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURAL CREST;

EID: 84925865960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-014-0050-z     Document Type: Note

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