Identifying novel helix-loop-helix genes in Caenorhabditis elegans througha classroom demonstration of functional genomics

Cell Biology Education

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-62

  Griffin, Vernetta ^a   McMiller, Tracee ^a   Jones, Erika ^a   Johnson, Casonya M ^a  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Caenorhabditis elegans; Functional genomics; Helix loop helix proteins; Undergraduate student laboratory

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DATA BASE; EDUCATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STUDENT; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, HELMINTH; EDUCATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEACHING; UNIVERSITIES;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 3142617885     PISSN: 15367509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.02-09-0040     Document Type: Article

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