RNAi as a tool to study cell biology: Building the genome-phenome bridge

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-8

  Gunsalus, Kristin C ^a   Piano, Fabio ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYTOLOGY; DNA REPLICATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOME; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SOFTWARE;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER; NEMATODA;

EID: 12344337340     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2004.12.008     Document Type: Review

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