Activator-independent gene expression in Neurospora crassa

Genetics

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 417-423

  Versaw, Wayne K ^a   Metzenberg, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PHOSPHORUS; RNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0030033518     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/genetics/142.2.417     Document Type: Article

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