The influence of competition among C. elegans small RNA pathways on development

Genes

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 671-685

  Zhuang, Jimmy J ^a   Hunter, Craig P ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous siRNAs; Enhanced RNAi; Exogenous RNAi; microRNAs; RNA regulation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MICROBIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84871564029     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/genes3040671     Document Type: Article

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