Complementarity in biology

EMBO Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 339-344

  Mazzocchi, Fulvio ^a  

^a Institute for Complex Systems of CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REVIEW;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOME; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 77951879100     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2010.56     Document Type: Review

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