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Proneural genes and the specification of neural cell types

Bertrand, Nicolas, Castro, Diogo S., Guillemot, François·2002·Nature Reviews Neuroscience
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Authors
Bertrand, N., Castro, D. S., & Guillemot, F.
Venue
Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2002-07
Volume
3
Issue
7
Pages
517-530
ISSN
  • 1471-003X (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-0048
DOI
10.1038/nrn874
OpenAlex
W2043655216
Cited by
1,488
References
4
FWCI
3.74
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journal article
Language
en
Open access
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