A limited number of Caenorhabditis elegans genes are readily mutable to dominant, temperature-sensitive maternal-effect embryonic lethality

Genetics

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1665-1674

  Mitenko, Nancy L ^a   Eisner, James R ^a   Swiston, John R ^a   Mains, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EMBRYO DEATH; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, LETHAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; TEMPERATURE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0030733640     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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