Pax genes in Caenorhabditis elegans: A new twist

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 214-216

  Hobert, Oliver ^c   Ruvkun, Gary ^a,b  

^a Department of Biochemistry ^*  (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033153141     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(99)01731-X     Document Type: Article

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