A broadly implementable research course in phage discovery and genomics for first-year undergraduate students

mBio

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Jordan, Tuajuanda C ^a   Burnett, Sandra H ^b   Carson, Susan ^c   Caruso, Steven M ^d   Clase, Kari ^e   DeJong, Randall J ^f   Dennehy, John J ^g   Denver, Dee R ^h   Dunbar, David ⁱ   Elgin, Sarah C R ^j   Findley, Ann M ^k   Gissendanner, Chris R ^k   Golebiewska, Urszula P ^l   Guild, Nancy ^m   Hartzog, Grant A ⁿ   Grillo, Wendy H ^o   Hollowell, Gail P ^o   Hughes, Lee E ^p   Johnson, Allison ^q   King, Rodney A ^r   Lewis, Lynn O ^s   Li, Wei ^t   Rosenzweig, Frank ^u   Rubin, Michael R ^v   Saha, Margaret S ^w   Sandoz, James ^d   Shaffer, Christopher D ^j   Taylor, Barbara ^h   Temple, Louise ^x   Vazquez, Edwin ^v   Ware, Vassie C ^y   Barker, Lucia P ^z   Bradley, Kevin W ^z   Jacobs Sera, Deborah ^aa   Pope, Welkin H ^aa   Russell, Daniel A ^aa   Cresawn, Steven G ^x   Lopatto, David ^ab   Bailey, Cheryl P ^z   Hatfull, Graham F ^aa   more..

^a LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^g CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^h OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Cabrini University   (United States)

^j WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

^l QUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^o NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^q VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON   (United States)

^t INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO AT CAYEY   (Puerto Rico)

^w William and Mary   (United States)

^x JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^y LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^z HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^ab GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENOMICS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

ADULT; BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; FEMALE; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903362641     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01051-13     Document Type: Article

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