Selective sensitivity of Caenorhabditis elegans neurons to RNA interference

NeuroReport

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 1995-1999

  Asikainen, Suvi ^a   Vartiainen, Suvi ^a   Lakso, Merja ^a   Nass, Richard ^b   Wong, Garry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Green fluorescent protein; Neuron type; RNA interference; RNA directed RNA polymerase 3; RRF 3; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DOPAMINE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, HELMINTH;

EID: 28844504312     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200512190-00005     Document Type: Article

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