RNAi screens to identify components of gene networks that modulate aging in Caenorhabditis elegans

Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-64

  Ni, Zhuoyu ^a   Lee, Siu Sylvia ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; C. elegans; Gene networks; Lifespan; Rnai screen

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA;

AGING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; ANIMAL; GENE; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

AGING; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, HELMINTH; LONGEVITY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 77950361791     PISSN: 14739550     EISSN: 14774062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elp051     Document Type: Article

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