Silencing of developmental genes in Hydra

Developmental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 211-214

  Lohmann, Jan U ^a   Endl, Ingrid ^a   Bosch, Thomas C G ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Double stranded RNA mediated interference (RNAi); Hydra; ks1; Pattern formation

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA;

ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SILENCING; HEAD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE;

HYDRA;

EID: 0033214763     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9407     Document Type: Article

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