G proteins, chemosensory perception, and the C. elegans genome project: An attractive story

BioEssays

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 713-717

  Wilkie, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSENSORY PERCEPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0033200385     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199909)21:9<713::AID-BIES1>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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