Gene structure and organization in Caenorhabditis elegans

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 692-698

  Blumenthal, Thomas ^a   Spieth, John ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EXON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; INTRON; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0030475685     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(96)80022-0     Document Type: Article

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