Functional analysis of the yeast genome

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 771-776

  Winzeler, Elizabeth A ^a   Davis, Ronald W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031460927     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(97)80039-1     Document Type: Article

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