Tertiary siRNAs Mediate Paramutation in C. elegans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Sapetschnig, Alexandra ^a,b,c   Sarkies, Peter ^a,b,d   Lehrbach, Nicolas J ^a,b,e   Miska, Eric A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; PROTEIN HRDE 1; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; HRDE-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SILENCING; GERM LINE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; ANIMAL; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GERMLINE MUTATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GERM-LINE MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84926288121     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005078     Document Type: Article

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