Whole-Genome Analysis of 60 G Protein-Coupled Receptors in Caenorhabditis elegans by Gene Knockout with RNAi

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 1715-1720

  Keating, Christopher D ^a   Kriek, Neline ^b   Daniels, Margaret ^c   Ashcroft, Neville R ^c   Hopper, Neil A ^b   Siney, Elodie J ^b   Holden Dye, Lindy ^b   Burke, Julian F ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d Genetix Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0141503432     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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