A genome-wide screen identifies 27 genes involved in transposon silencing in C. elegans

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1311-1316

  Vastenhouw, Nadine L ^a   Fischer, Sylvia E J ^a,c   Robert, Valérie J P ^a   Thijssen, Karen L ^a   Fraser, Andrew G ^b   Kamath, Ravi S ^b   Ahringer, Julie ^b   Plasterk, Ronald H A ^a  

^a HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0043202980     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00539-6     Document Type: Article

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