A role for Caenorhabditis elegans in understanding the function and interactions of human disease genes

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 869-877

  Culetto, Emmanuel ^a   Sattelle, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL GENETICS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0034639940     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/9.6.869     Document Type: Article

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