Induction of gene silencing by hairpin RNA expression in Tetrahymena thermophila reveals a second small RNA pathway

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 8731-8742

  Howard Till, Rachel A ^a,b   Yao, Meng Chao ^a,c  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; RNA; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SMALL RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARGONAUTE GENE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICER GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; LIFE CYCLE; MICROBIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STRUCTURE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; GENE SILENCING; MICRORNAS; RNA; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 33845203703     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01430-06     Document Type: Article

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