Yeast, flies, worms, and fish in the study of human disease

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 348, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 2457-2463

  Hariharan, Iswar K ^a,b   Haber, Daniel A ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FISH; FLY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN GENOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORM; YEAST;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIPTERA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; THERAPEUTICS; YEASTS;

EID: 0037567359     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMon023158     Document Type: Article

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