A brief history of RNAi: The silence of the genes

FASEB Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1293-1299

  Sen, George L ^a   Blau, Helen M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Argonaute; dsRNA; Gene regulation; mRNA decay centers; mRNA degradation; p bodies; Post transitional gene silencing; shRNA; Si RNA

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN 2; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; ENDONUCLEASE; PROTEIN RISC; RIBONUCLEASE III; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR 2C 2, HUMAN; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR 2C-2, HUMAN; INITIATION FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; IN VIVO STUDY; NEUROSPORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; GENETICS; HUMAN;

GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33746556993     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.06-6014rev     Document Type: Review

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