An endoribonuclease-prepared siRNA screen in human cells identifies genes essential for cell division

Nature

Volumn 432, Issue 7020, 2004, Pages 1036-1040

  Kittler, Ralf ^a   Putz, Gabriele ^a   Pelletier, Laurence ^a   Poser, Ina ^a   Heninger, Anne Kristin ^a   Drechsel, David ^a   Fischer, Steffi ^a   Konstantinova, Irena ^a   Habermann, Blanca ^b   Grabner, Hannes ^a   Yaspo, Marie Laure ^c   Himmelbauer, Heinz ^c   Korn, Bernd ^d   Neugenbaur, Karla ^a   Pisabarro, Maria Teresa ^a,e   Buchholz, Frank ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^b Scionics Computer Innovation GmbH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^d German Genome Resource Center RZPD   (Germany)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DNA; GENES; INTERFERONS; RNA;

CELL DIVISIONS; GENE FUNCTIONS; INVERTEBRATES; VIDEOMICROSCOPY ASSAY;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

DEFENSE MECHANISM;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; DNA LIBRARY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE;

CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOKINESIS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENOMICS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 19944367565     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03159     Document Type: Article

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