Model organisms
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The explosion of genomic information and the need to search for gene homologies make it more important than ever that genetic and biochemical data from model organisms should be organized in an accessible way — which is where online databases come into their own. In previous issues, The spider dealt with online resources for yeast and Caenorhabditis elegans (see Curr Biol 1998, 8:R670), Escherichia coli and Drosophila (see Curr Biol 1998, 8:R702); this time it’s Arabidopsis thaliana and the mouse.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Current Biology
دوره 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1998