Computational analysis of Ciona intestinalis operons

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-85

  Zeller, Robert W ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GENOME; OPERON; TRANS SPLICING;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENOME; MICRORNAS; OPERON; TRANS-SPLICING;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CIONA SAVIGNYI; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 77954892289     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icq040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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