Natural Variation in Gene Expression Modulates the Severity of Mutant Phenotypes

Cell

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 391-402

  Vu, Victoria ^a   Verster, Adrian J ^a   Schertzberg, Michael ^a   Chuluunbaatar, Tungalag ^a   Spensley, Mark ^a   Pajkic, Djina ^a   Hart, G Traver ^a   Moffat, Jason ^a   Fraser, Andrew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; MUTATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VARIATION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 84937207330     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: 10974172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.06.037     Document Type: Article

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