Chromosome-wide analysis of gene function by RNA interference in the African trypanosome

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1539-1549

  Subramaniam, Chandra ^a,c,h   Veazey, Paul ^b,d   Redmond, Seth ^b   Hayes Sinclair, Jamie ^a   Chambers, Emma ^a,e   Carrington, Mark ^f   Gull, Keith ^a,c   Matthews, Keith ^a,g   Horn, David ^d   Field, Mark C ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME; CYTOLOGY; GENE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; GENOME; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOMES; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSFECTION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EUKARYOTA; KINETOPLASTIDA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 33748856576     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00141-06     Document Type: Article

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