Identification of muscle-specific regulatory modules in Caenorhabditis elegans

Genome Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 348-357

  Zhao, Guoyan ^a   Schriefer, Lawrence A ^a   Stormo, Gary D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOMICS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 33847727867     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.5989907     Document Type: Article

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