Screening for gene function in chicken embryo using RNAi and electroporation

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-96

  Pekarik, Vladimir ^a   Bourikas, Dimitris ^a   Miglino, Nicola ^a   Joset, Pascal ^a   Preiswerk, Stephan ^a   Stoeckli, Esther T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLOGY; RNA;

CHICKEN EMBRYOS;

GENES;

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA;

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENOMICS; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CHICK EMBRYO; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTAGENESIS; OOCYTES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED;

GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037227960     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt770     Document Type: Article

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