The Drosophila Melanogaster Genome

Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 89-117

  Celniker, Susan E ^a   Rubin, Gerald M ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cDNAs; Comparative genomics; Gene annotation; Gene disruption; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUCHROMATIN; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; METAZOON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WHOLE GENOME SHOTGUN STRATEGY;

ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENOME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; METAZOA;

EID: 0242440910     PISSN: 15278204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genom.4.070802.110323     Document Type: Review

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