Characterization and organization of the U6 snRNA gene in zebrafish and usage of their promoters to express short hairpin RNA

Marine Genomics

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 115-121

  Boonanuntanasarn, Surintorn ^a   Panyim, Sakol ^b,c   Yoshizaki, Goro ^d  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Short hairpin RNA; U6 promoter; U6 snRNA; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA;

EID: 63249096351     PISSN: 18747787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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