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A whale of a library

Nature Biotechnology volume 27, pages 342–344 (2009)Cite this article

The MoBY-ORF collection of barcoded yeast genes provides mechanistic insights into antiproliferative compounds.

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Figure 1: Methods for cloning a drug-resistant mutation by genetic complementation.

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