A quick, direct method that can differentiate expressed mitochondrial genes from their nuclear pseudogenes

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1337-1339

  Collura, Randall V ^a   Auerbach, Marcy R ^a   Stewart, Caro Beth ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COLOBINAE; EUKARYOTA; NASALIS LARVATUS;

EID: 0030265696     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)70720-3     Document Type: Article

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