Cellular Differentiation: The Violin Strikes up Another Tune

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Cook, Michael A ^a,b   Tyers, Mike ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0346965745     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.12.013     Document Type: Review

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