Co-expression of Argonaute2 enhances short hairpin RNA-induced RNA interference in Xenopus CNS neurons in vivo

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn 3, Issue JUL, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Chih Ming ^a,b   Chiu, Shu Ling ^a,b   Shen, Wanhua ^a,b   Cline, Hollis T ^a,b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ago2; AMPA receptor; Knockdown; Pol III promoter; RNAi; shRNA; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959253434     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.04.025.2009     Document Type: Article

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