RNAi: Ancient mechanism with a promising future

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 985-998

  Geley, Stephan ^a   Müller, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Double stranded RNA; dsRNA, double stranded RNA; gene silencing; RDRP, RNA dependent RNA polymerase; RISC, RNA induced silencing complex; RNA induced silencing complex; RNA interference; RNAi, RNA interference; Short interfering RNA; shRNA; siRNA

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; RNA; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; MAMMAL CELL; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 3242661803     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2004.03.040     Document Type: Review

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