Gene silencing in Neurospora crassa requires a protein homologous to RNA-dependent RNA polymerase

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6732, 1999, Pages 166-169

  Cogoni, Carlo ^a   Macino, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSGENE; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; RNA REPLICASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MYXOGASTRIA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0033551328     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/20215     Document Type: Article

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