The role of the genome project in determining gene function: Insights from model organisms

Cell

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 521-529

  Miklos, George L Gabor ^a   Rubin, Gerald M ^b  

^a NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME; HUMAN; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METAZOA;

EID: 0030598904     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80126-9     Document Type: Review

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