The transcription start site landscape of C. elegans

Genome Research

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1348-1361

  Saito, Taro Leo ^a   Hashimoto, Shin Ichi ^b   Gu, Sam Guoping ^c,e   Morton, J Jason ^d,f   Stadler, Michael ^c   Blumenthal, Thomas ^d   Fire, Andrew ^c   Morishita, Shinichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANS SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EID: 84881174172     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.151571.112     Document Type: Article

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