Mammalian RNAi: A practical guide

BioTechniques

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 215-224

  Sandy, Peter ^a   Ventura, Andrea ^a   Jacks, Tyler ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; THERAPEUTIC APPROACH; TRANSGENESIS;

CELLS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN ENGINEERING; RNA;

GENES;

SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

DNA MICROARRAY; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENICS; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LENTIVIRUS; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 25644448153     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/05392RV01     Document Type: Review

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