Genome-wide high-throughput screens in functional genomics

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 470-476

  Friedman, Adam ^a   Perrimon, Norbert ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CELL VIABILITY; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GENOMICS; MAMMAL; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; WORM; YEAST;

ANIMALS; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMANS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 5544306760     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2004.07.010     Document Type: Review

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