Use of the giant multinucleate plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum to study RNA interference in the myxomycete

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 342, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 194-199

  Haindl, Markus ^a   Holler, Eggehard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microinjection; Plasmodium; Polymalatase; Polynucleate cells; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EXTRACELLULAR HYDROLASE; MICRO-INJECTION; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PLASMODIUM; POLYMALATASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE- POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY;

RNA;

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; HYDROLASE; MALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYMER; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE TARGETING; MYXOMYCETES; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM;

EID: 21244497072     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2005.03.031     Document Type: Article

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