RNA interference: Mechanisms and applications

Biotechnology Annual Review

Volumn 7, Issue , 2001, Pages 31-57

  Fjose, Anders ^a   Ellingsen, Ståle ^a   Wargelius, Anna ^a   Seo, Hee Chan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Caenorhabditis elegans; Co suppression; Danio rerio; Double stranded RNA; Drosophila melanogaster; Functional genomics; Gene silencing; Microinjection; Mouse; mRNA degradation; Nematode; Neurospora crassa; Quelling; Ribonuclease; RNAi

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA HELICASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROINJECTION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSPOSON; VIRUS IMMUNITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RNA PROCESSING;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DANIO RERIO; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INVERTEBRATA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA; GENE SILENCING; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, MESSENGER; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0035233570     PISSN: 13872656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1387-2656(01)07032-6     Document Type: Article

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