Pseudogene-derived small interfering RNAs regulate gene expression in mouse oocytes

Nature

Volumn 453, Issue 7194, 2008, Pages 534-538

  Tam, Oliver H ^a   Aravin, Alexei A ^a   Stein, Paula ^b   Girard, Angelique ^a   Murchison, Elizabeth P ^a   Cheloufi, Sihem ^a   Hodges, Emily ^a   Anger, Martin ^b,c   Sachidanandam, Ravi ^a   Schultz, Richard M ^b   Hannon, Gregory J ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICER; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

CATALYSIS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYBRIDIZATION; PROTEIN; RNA; RODENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 44349159416     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06904     Document Type: Article

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