Understanding protein synthesis: A role-play approach in large undergraduate human anatomy and physiology classes

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-110

  Sturges, Diana ^a   Maurer, Trent W ^a   Cole, Oladipo ^b  

^a Georgia Southern University   (Georgia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biology; Effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849112036     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00004.2009     Document Type: Article

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