The Human Microbiome Project

Nature

Volumn 449, Issue 7164, 2007, Pages 804-810

  Turnbaugh, Peter J ^a   Ley, Ruth E ^a   Hamady, Micah ^b   Fraser Liggett, Claire M ^c   Knight, Rob ^d   Gordon, Jeffrey I ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROJECT ASSESSMENT;

BIOME; CELL RENEWAL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART SIZE; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; INTESTINE FLORA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMBIONT;

EID: 35348968286     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06244     Document Type: Review

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