Mono-allelic expression of genes in simple eukaryotes [2]

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 95-96

  Borst, Piet ^a   Chaves, Inês ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0033065275     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(98)01680-1     Document Type: Letter

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