Studying gene function in Caenorhabditis elegans using RNA-mediated interference

Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 184-194

  Maine, Eleanor M ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Functional genomics; Gene interaction; Gene networks; RNA

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN PUF 5;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DATA ANALYSIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENOMICS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 48949116724     PISSN: 14739550     EISSN: 14774062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/eln019     Document Type: Review

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