Specific inhibition of gene expression using a stably integrated, inducible small-interfering-RNA vector

EMBO Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 609-615

  van de Wetering, Marc ^a   Oving, Irma ^a   Muncan, Vanesa ^a   Pon Fong, Menno Tjon ^a   Brantjes, Helen ^a   van Leenen, Dik ^b   Holstege, Frank C P ^b   Brummelkamp, Thijn R ^c   Agami, Reuven ^c   Clevers, Hans ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; DOXYCYCLINE; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GALECTIN 4; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KNOCKOUT GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPORTER GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE; G1 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; ONCOGENE C MYC; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BETA CATENIN; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; LUCIFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

VECTORS;

EID: 10744219596     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.embor865     Document Type: Article

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