A model of elegance

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 955-961

  Walhout, Marian ^a   Endoh, Hideki ^a   Thierry Mieg, Nicolas ^a   Wong, Wendy ^a   Vidai, Marc ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DRUG SCREENING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0032231699     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302078     Document Type: Article

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