Hairpin dsRNA does not trigger RNA interference in Candida albicans cells

Yeast

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Staab, Janet F ^a   White, Theodore C ^b   Marr, Kieren A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Argonaute; Candida albicans; Dicer; DsRNA; RNAi; RNase assay

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; DICER; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DOWN REGULATION; FUNGAL CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; MICRORNAS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSGENES;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 78650435515     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: 10970061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/yea.1814     Document Type: Article

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