The use of functional genomics in C. elegans for studying human development and disease

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 127-138

  Kuwabara, P E ^a   O'Neil, N ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GENE PRODUCT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; DNA MICROARRAY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENOME; GENOMICS; GROWTH; HUMANS;

EID: 0034999073     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010306731764     Document Type: Article

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