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Caenorhabditis elegans as an undergraduate educational tool for teaching RNAi
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2008
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20233
Copyright © 2008 International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.
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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education
Volume 36, Issue 6, pages 417–427, November/December 2008
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Andersen, J., Krichevsky, A., Leheste, J. R. and Moloney, D. J. (2008), Caenorhabditis elegans as an undergraduate educational tool for teaching RNAi. Biochem. Mol. Biol. Educ., 36: 417–427. doi: 10.1002/bmb.20233
Publication History
- Issue published online: 21 NOV 2008
- Article first published online: 21 NOV 2008
- Manuscript Revised: 29 JUL 2008
- Manuscript Received: 8 JUL 2008
Funded by
- HHMI Grant 52003746 to Dr. R. David Bynum for continued support of BIO 311 "Techniques in Molecular and Cellular Biology" and for the Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship to JRL.
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