Open AccessHedgehog makes giant brains
Author(s) -
Nicole LeBrasseur
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414
H-Index - 380
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb.1731rr2
Subject(s) - biology , hedgehog , evolutionary biology , zoology , microbiology and biotechnology , signal transduction
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