Endogenous RNA interference is driven by copy number

eLife

Volumn 2014, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Cruz, Cristina ^a   Houseley, Jonathan ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE III; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84898727541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.01581     Document Type: Article

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