Marine molecular biology: An emerging field of biological sciences

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 233-245

  Thakur, Narsinh L ^a   Jain, Roopesh ^b   Natalio, Filipe ^c   Hamer, Bojan ^d   Thakur, Archana N ^c   Müller, Werner E G ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Fisheries; Marine biology; Marine ecology; Marine microbiology; Marine natural products; Molecular biology

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ECOLOGY; FISHERIES; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; MARINE ECOLOGY; MARINE MICROBIOLOGY; MARINE NATURAL PRODUCTS; MARINE ORGANISMS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOLOGY; MARINE RESOURCE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICINE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 41349099586     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2008.01.001     Document Type: Review

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