Identification and characterization of the rat DVL2 gene using bioinformatic tools

Turkish Journal of Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 81-86

  Varişli, Lokman ^a   Çen, Osman ^a  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; DVL2; Rat genome; Wnt signaling

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; DANIO RERIO; HOMO SAPIENS; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 34347324015     PISSN: 13000152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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