RNA interference by expressing short hairpin RNA in the Ciona intestinalis embryo

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 521-529

  Nishiyama, Aya ^a   Fujiwara, Shigeki ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian; RNA interference; Short hairpin RNA; Tyrosinase; U6 small nuclear RNA

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PLASMID VECTOR; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENICS;

ANIMALS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENES;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; ASCIDIA; CIONA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 50049125151     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2008.01039.x     Document Type: Article

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