Tailoring the genome: The power of genetic approaches

Nature Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 3S, 2003, Pages 276-284

  Nagy, Andras ^a,b   Perrimon, Norbert ^c   Sandmeyer, Suzanne ^d   Plasterk, Ronald ^e  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MODEL; GENOME; INHERITANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOME; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037372027     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1115     Document Type: Review

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