RNAi experiments in d. melanogaster: Solutions to the overlooked problem of off-targets shared by independent dsRNAs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Seinen, Erwin ^a   Burgerhof, Johannes G M ^a   Jansen, Ritsert C ^b   Sibon, Ody C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 78049294739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013119     Document Type: Article

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