Transgene-mediated cosuppression and RNA interference enhance germ-line apoptosis in Caenorhabditis elegans

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3440-3445

  Adamo, Adele ^a   Woglar, Alexander ^b   Silva, Nicola ^a,c   Penkner, Alexandra ^b   Jantsch, Verena ^b   La Volpe, Adriana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gametogenesis; Genome preservation; Meiosis

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL DNA; PROTEIN P53; RAD51 PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; MINICHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; ORTHOLOGY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA REPAIR; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENE DOSAGE; GERM CELLS; GERM-LINE MUTATION; MEIOSIS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLASMIDS; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SIRTUINS; TRANSGENES; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84857731554     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1107390109     Document Type: Article

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