Protection of germline gene expression by the C. elegans argonaute CSR-1

Developmental Cell

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 664-671

  Wedeles, ChristopherJ ^a   Wu, MonicaZ ^a   Claycomb, JulieM ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; CSR 1 PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM LINE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TETHERING ASSAY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84890836064     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: 18781551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2013.11.016     Document Type: Article

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