Transgene-mediated cosuppression in the C. elegans germ line

Genes and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 1578-1583

  Dernburg, Abby F ^a   Zalevsky, Jonathan ^a   Colaiácovo, Mónica P ^a   Villeneuve, Anne M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Cosuppression; mut 7; rde 1; rde 2; RNA; Silencing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GERM LINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE SILENCING; GERM CELLS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; RNA; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034234851     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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