Revealing the world of RNA interference

Nature

Volumn 431, Issue 7006, 2004, Pages 338-342

  Mello, Craig C ^a   Conte Jr , Darryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

GENE REGULATION; RNA INTERFERENCES; RNA PROCESSING;

RNA;

BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEIC ACID BASE;

RNA;

BASE PAIRING; CHROMATIN; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENE; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; TRANSGENES;

EID: 4644336023     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02872     Document Type: Review

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