Identification of essential genes in cultured mammalian cells using small interfering RNAs

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 114, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 4557-4565

  Harborth, Jens ^a   Elbashir, Sayda M ^a   Bechert, Kim ^a   Tuschl, Thomas ^a   Weber, Klaus ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional genomics; Gene silencing; Mammalian cells; Nuclear lamins; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BETA ACTIN; CELL PROTEIN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 1; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; EMERIN; G ACTIN; GENE PRODUCT; LAMIN A; LAMIN B; LAMIN C; LIGAND; RNA; VIMENTIN; ZYXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KNOCKOUT GENE; MAMMAL CELL; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE CELL;

ANIMALS; CDC2 PROTEIN KINASE; CELL LINE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MITOSIS; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RATS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0035694237     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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