Caenorhabditis elegans as an undergraduate educational tool for teaching RNAi

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 417-427

  Andersen, Janet ^a   Krichevsky, Alexander ^a   Leheste, Joerg R ^b   Moloney, Daniel J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; RNAi; Undergraduate education

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 57149121720     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20233     Document Type: Article

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