Biochemical analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans surface mutants

Journal of Nematology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 296-305

  Silverman, Michael A ^a,b   Blaxter, Mark L ^c   Link, Christopher D ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemical analysis; Caenorhabditis elegans; Glycoproteins; Lectin; Nematode; Surface mutant

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030730888     PISSN: 0022300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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