Functional genomics of the social amoebae, Dictyostelium discoideum

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-4

  Urushihara, Hideko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dictyostelium discoideum; EST; Gene Clustering; Gene Expression; Genome Project

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC AMP; GENOMIC DNA; PROTEOME; PROTOZOAL DNA;

AMOEBA; CELL MATURATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA MICROARRAY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENOME; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; REVIEW;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, GENETIC; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; GENOMICS; MODELS, GENETIC; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTEOME;

EID: 0037186977     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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