Targeted mRNA degradation by double-stranded RNA in vitro

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 3191-3197

  Tuschl, Thomas ^a,b,d   Zamore, Phillip D ^a,e   Lehmann, Ruth ^c   Bartel, David P ^a,b   Sharp, Phillip A ^b  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

DsRNA; Post transcriptional gene silencing; RNAi

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA SEQUENCE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BLASTODERM; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; KINETICS; LUCIFERASES; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033572660     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.24.3191     Document Type: Article

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