The Human Microbiome Project: Lessons from human genomics

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-4

  Lewis, Cecil M ^a   Obregón Tito, Alexandra ^a   Tito, Raul Y ^a   Foster, Morris W ^a   Spicer, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; HUMAN MICROBIOME PROJECT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH SUBJECT;

GENOMICS; HUMANS; MEDICINE; METAGENOME;

EID: 84855498867     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2011.10.004     Document Type: Note

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