Personal reflections on the origins and emergence of recombinant DNA technology

Genetics

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-17

  Berg, Paul ^a   Mertz, Janet E ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT DNA;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGY; CLONING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENOME; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, RECOMBINANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 74249108008     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.109.112144     Document Type: Review

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