How golden is silence? Teaching undergraduates the power and limits of RNA interference

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 247-254

  Kuldell, Natalie H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

CELL HYBRIDIZATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; TEACHING;

EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETICS; LEARNING; LUCIFERASES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; STUDENTS; TEACHING; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 33750048732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.05-11-0124     Document Type: Review

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