Silencing of host genes directed by virus-derived short interfering RNAs in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 11645-11653

  Guo, Xunyang ^a   Li, Wan Xiang ^b   Lu, Rui ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICER; PROTEIN RRF1; RNA POLYMERASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DERIVED SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; FLOCK HOUSE VIRUS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NODAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA VIRUS; RRF1 GENE; TRANSGENE; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; NODAVIRIDAE; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; NODAVIRIDAE;

EID: 84869054585     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01501-12     Document Type: Article

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