The miR-35-41 family of microRNAs regulates RNAi sensitivity in caenorhabditis elegans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Massirer, Katlin B ^a   Perez, Saida G ^a   Mondol, Vanessa ^a   Pasquinelli, Amy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 35; MICRORNA 41; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; LIN 35 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; LIN-35 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MIRN35 MICRORNA, C ELEGANS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LIN 35 GENE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROGENY; RNA INTERFERENCE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; ANIMAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GERM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; GERM CELLS; MICRORNAS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SEQUENCE DELETION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84859248615     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002536     Document Type: Article

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