A genome-wide RNAi screen identifies factors required for distinct stages of C. elegans piRNA biogenesis

Genes and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 797-807

  Goh, Wee Siong Sho ^a,b   Seah, Jun Wen Eugene ^a,b   Harrison, Emily J ^a,b   Chen, Caifu ^c   Hammell, Christopher M ^a   Hannon, Gregory J ^a,b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Life Technologies Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Capped precursor; Genome wide; piRNA; RNAi screen; TOFU

Indexed keywords

21U RNA; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BIOINFORMATICS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; GENE CONTROL; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSPOSON; WORM;

C. ELEGANS; CAPPED PRECURSOR; GENOME-WIDE; PIRNA; RNAI SCREEN; TOFU;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME, HELMINTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84898926413     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.235622.113     Document Type: Article

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