The rde-1 gene, RNA interference, and transposon silencing in C. elegans

Cell

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-132

  Tabara, Hiroaki ^a   Sarkissian, Madathia ^a   Kelly, William G ^b   Fleenor, Jamie ^b   Grishok, Alla ^a   Timmons, Lisa ^b   Fire, Andrew ^b   Mello, Craig C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA SEQUENCE; TARGET CELL; TRANSPOSON;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032717319     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81644-X     Document Type: Article

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