Structure and function of the human genome

Genome Research

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1759-1765

  Little, Peter F R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN; RNA;

BIOMEDICINE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SCALE UP;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 28844489841     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.4560905     Document Type: Review

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