A targeted RNAi screen for genes involved in chromosome morphogenesis and nuclear organization in the Caenorhabditis elegans germline

Genetics

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 113-128

  Colaiacovo M P ^a   Stanfield, G M ^a   Reddy, K C ^a   Reinke, V ^a,b   Kim, S K ^a   Villeneuve, A M ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOMICS; GERM LINE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELLS; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0036742509     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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