The Wnt and BMP families of signaling morphogens at the vertebrate neuromuscular junction.

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Published in Int J Mol Sci on December 05, 2011

Authors

Juan P Henríquez1, Catherine E Krull, Nelson Osses

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology (LDNB), Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Concepcion, and CMA Bio-Bio, Concepcion 4089100, Chile. jhenriquez@udec.cl

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