On the nature of in vivo requirements for rde-4 in RNAi and developmental pathways in C. elegans

RNA Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 458-467

  Blanchard, Daniel ^a,c,d   Parameswaran, Poornima ^a,b   Lopez Molina, Javier ^a,c   Gent, Jonathan ^a,b   Saynuk, Jamie Fleenor ^c   Fire, Andrew ^a,b,c,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; C. elegans; Dicer; Domain; dsRNA; RDE 4; RNAi; Silencing; Small RNA; Temperature sensitive

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; PROTEIN; RDE 4 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL INTERACTION; GENE DELETION; GENE SILENCING; GROWTH; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IN VIVO GENE TRANSFER; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 79956081671     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.8.3.14657     Document Type: Article

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