Using RNAi in C. elegans to demonstrate gene knockdown phenotypes in the undergraduate biology lab setting

Bioscene

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-20

  Roy, Nicole M ^a  

^a SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Gene knockdown; RNAi

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84878509699     PISSN: 15392422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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