DNA Transformation

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 48, Issue C, 1995, Pages 451-482

  Mello, Craig ^a   Fire, Andrew ^b  

^a UMass Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RECOMBINANT DNA;

ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA; DNA, RECOMBINANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029443103     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(08)61399-0     Document Type: Article

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