A biochemist's guide to Caenorhabditis elegans

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 359, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-17

  Corsi, Ann K ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

CHEMISTRY;

GENE PRODUCT; RNA;

ALLELE; AUXOTROPHY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME; GROWTH CURVE; HERMAPHRODITISM; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 33750615553     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2006.07.033     Document Type: Review

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