[The context organization of functional regions in yeast genes with high-level expression]

A V Kochetov1, A Sarai, D G Vorob'ev

  • 1Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090 Russia. AK@bionet.nsc.ru

Molekuliarnaia Biologiia
|December 26, 2002
PubMed

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