Use of RNA interference by in utero electroporation to study cortical development: The example of the doublecortin superfamily

Genes

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 759-778

  Reiner, Orly ^a   Gorelik, Anna ^a   Greenman, Raanan ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

DCX; Doublecortin; In utero electroporation; Neuronal migration; shRNA

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; DOUBLECORTIN; MESSENGER RNA; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; ELECTROPORATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; IN UTERO ELECTROPORATION; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE;

RODENTIA;

EID: 84871558451     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/genes3040759     Document Type: Review

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