Evidence that siRNAs function as guides, not primers, in the Drosophila and human RNAi pathways

Molecular Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 537-548

  Schwarz, Dianne S ^a   Hutvágner, György ^a   Haley, Benjamin ^a   Zamore, Phillip D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYL GROUP; PHOSPHATE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; FLY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; RNA STRUCTURE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036752955     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(02)00651-2     Document Type: Article

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