A genetic screen for temperature-sensitive cell-division mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans

Genetics

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1303-1321

  O'Connell, Kevin F ^a   Leys, Charles M ^a   White, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; ETHYL METHANESULFONATE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC SCREENING; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031857655     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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