A genetic link between co-suppression and RNA interference in C. elegans

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6775, 2000, Pages 296-298

  Ketting, René F ^a   Plasterk, Ronald H A ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE SILENCING; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MUTATION; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, HELMINTH; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034673645     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35005113     Document Type: Article

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