Loss of LIN-35, the Caenorhabditis elegans ortholog of the tumor suppressor p105Rb, results in enhanced RNA interference

Genome Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Lehner, Ben ^a   Calixto, Andrea ^b   Crombie, Catriona ^a   Tischler, Julia ^a   Fortunato, Angelo ^a   Chalfie, Martin ^b   Fraser, Andrew G ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN LIN 35; PROTEIN P105; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; LIN 35 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; LIN-35 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENE; WORM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINEAGE; CHEMISTRY; GENE; GENE REPRESSION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL LINEAGE; GENE SILENCING; GENES, HELMINTH; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; RNA INTERFERENCE; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

EID: 33745033976     PISSN: 1474760X     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2006-7-1-r4     Document Type: Article

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