RNAi screen indicates widespread biological function for human natural antisense transcripts

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Faghihi, Mohammad Ali ^a   Kocerha, Jannet ^a,f   Modarresi, Farzaneh ^a   Engström, Pär G ^b   Chalk, Alistair M ^c   Brothers, Shaun P ^a   Koesema, Eric ^a   St Laurent III, Georges ^d,e   Wahlestedt, Claes ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Bioinformatics Group   (United Kingdom)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION 1 PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN RAPGEF3; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, MESSENGER;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 78049308492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013177     Document Type: Article

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