Protocell research and its implications

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 136-147

  Mahowald, Mary B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL; CELL FUNCTION; ETHICS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

BIOETHICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CELLS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77950182617     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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