A Genome-Wide RNAi screen for factors involved in neuronal specification in Caenorhabditis elegans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Poole, Richard J ^a   Bashllari, Enkelejda ^a   Cochella, Luisa ^a   Flowers, Eileen B ^a   Hobert, Oliver ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; MICRORNA; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HLH 14 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HLH-14 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; HLH 14 GENE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; RNA INTERFERENCE; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; MICRORNAS; MUTATION; NEURONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 79959812501     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002109     Document Type: Article

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