Inducible systemic RNA silencing in Caenorhabditis elegans

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2972-2983

  Timmons, Lisa ^a   Tabara, Hiroaki ^b   Mello, Craig C ^c   Fire, Andrew Z ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL TYPE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA TRANSPORT;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0038784432     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E03-01-0858     Document Type: Article

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