RNA interference has a role in regulating Drosophila telomeres

Genome Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Casacuberta, Elena ^a,b   Pardue, Mary Lou ^c  

^a INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN;

CHROMOSOME DELETION X; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GERM CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETROPOSON; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SHORT SURVEY; TELOMERE; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; RETROELEMENTS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TELOMERE;

EID: 33747842257     PISSN: 1474760X     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2006-7-5-220     Document Type: Short Survey

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