Specific and effective gene knock-down in early chick embryos using morpholinos but not pRFPRNAi vectors

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 125, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 947-962

  Mende, Michael ^a   Christophorou, Nicolas A D ^a   Streit, Andrea ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Dicer; Drosha; Ear; Electroporation; Gene silencing; Otic; p53; Placodes; Preplacodal region; shRNA

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; DICER; MORPHOLINO; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN P53; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHICK; EAR; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA VECTOR;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENE SILENCING; GENES, P53; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 55249125180     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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