The complete family of genes encoding G proteins of Caenorhabditis elegans

Nature Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 414-419

  Jansen, Gert ^a   Thijssen, Karen L ^a   Werner, Pia ^a   Van Der Horst, Marieke ^a   Hazendonk, Esther ^a   Plasterk, Ronald H A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REPORTER GENE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0032904017     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/7753     Document Type: Article

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