The human genome project: Reaching the finish line

Science

Volumn 282, Issue 5386, 1998, Pages 53-59

  Waterston, R ^a   Sulston, J E ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SHORT SURVEY;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; HUMANS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0032475832     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.282.5386.53     Document Type: Short Survey

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