New insights into siRNA amplification and RNAi

RNA Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1045-1049

  Zhang, Chi ^a,b   Ruvkun, Gary ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Rde 10; Rde 11; RNAi; Small interfering RNAs

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RDE 10 PROTEIN; RDE 11 PROTEIN; RNA; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

BIOGENESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA LIBRARY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE PRODUCT; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOGENE; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84866632428     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.21246     Document Type: Review

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