A single Argonaute protein mediates both transcriptional and posttranscriptional silencing in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Genes and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 2359-2367

  Sigova, Alla ^a   Rhind, Nicholas ^a   Zamore, Phillip D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Argonaute; Dicer; PTGS; RNAi; SiRNA; TGS

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; STEADY STATE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE SILENCING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 4644300157     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1218004     Document Type: Article

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