From RNAi Screens to Molecular Function in Embryonic Stem Cells

Stem Cell Reviews and Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-42

  Ding, Li ^a,b   Poser, Ina ^b   Paszkowski Rogacz, Maciej ^a,b   Buchholz, Frank ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial artificial chromosome; esiRNA; Genome wide screen; RNA interference; shRNA; siRNA; TransgeneOmics

Indexed keywords

SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEOMICS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); IPS;

EID: 84857651755     PISSN: 15508943     EISSN: 15586804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12015-011-9269-z     Document Type: Review

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