A transcriptome-wide RNAi screen in the drosophila ovary reveals factors of the germline piRNA pathway

Molecular Cell

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 749-761

  Czech, Benjamin ^a   Preall, Jonathan B ^a   McGinn, Jon ^a   Hannon, Gregory J ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC SCREENING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; OVARY; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 84878851966     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2013.04.007     Document Type: Article

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