Double-stranded RNA-mediated gene silencing in fission yeast

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 4481-4489

  Raponi, Mitch ^a,b,c   Arndt, Greg M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Johnson/Johnson Research Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c Ortho Clinical Diagnostics   (United States)

^d Johnson/Johnson Res Laboratories   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; MYC PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA PROCESSING; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; CHEMISTRY; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ONCOGENE MYC; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; GENE TARGETING; GENES, MYC; GENES, REPORTER; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0042161861     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg484     Document Type: Article

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