Size control goes global

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 341-350

  Cook, Mike ^a,b   Tyers, Mike ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GENES; TISSUE; UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE;

CELL SIZE; LONGSTANDING ENIGMA; PLETHORA; SYSTEMATIC PHENOTYPIC ANALYSES;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS;

BIOGENESIS; BODY SIZE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SIZE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSLATION REGULATION; YEAST CELL;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL SIZE; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEASTS;

METAZOA;

EID: 34548535457     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2007.07.006     Document Type: Review

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