C. elegans rrf-1 mutations maintain RNAi efficiency in the soma in addition to the germline

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Kumsta, Caroline ^a   Hansen, Malene ^a  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN RRF 1; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SUBTILISIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAF 16; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DAF 16 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; DAF-16 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RRF 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; RRF-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; SOD 3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; SOD-3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; INTESTINE; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; RRF 1 GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; INTESTINES; MALE; MUTATION; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OVUM; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA REPLICASE; SPERMATOZOA; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84860503883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035428     Document Type: Article

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