E-RNAi: A web application to design optimized RNAi constructs

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages

  Arziman, Zeynep ^a   Horn, Thomas ^a   Boutros, Michael ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; RELISH PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AGING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCULATION; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; INTERNET; LIPID STORAGE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RNA INTERFERENCE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; INVERTEBRATE; RNA SEQUENCE; WEB BROWSER; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; GENETICS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENOMIC LIBRARY; INTERNET; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SOFTWARE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 23144441141     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki468     Document Type: Article

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