From genes to function: The C. elegans genetic toolbox

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 114-137

  Boulin, Thomas ^a,b,c   Hobert, Oliver ^d  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MUTAGENIC AGENT; NUCLEASE; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DELETION MUTANT; FOSMID; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE GENETICS; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSGENICS; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 84878755971     PISSN: 17597684     EISSN: 17597692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wdev.1     Document Type: Review

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