Ubiquitous RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and gene silencing

Genome Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Birchler, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; ELP1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; REVIEW; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 77955081308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2009-10-11-243     Document Type: Short Survey

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