Genome-wide RNAi identifies p53-dependent and -independent regulators of germ cell apoptosis in C. elegans

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1198-1203

  Lettre, G ^a   Kritikou, E A ^a   Jaeggi, M ^a   Calixto, A ^b   Fraser, A G ^c,d   Kamath, R S ^c   Ahringer, J ^c   Hengartner, Michael O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b 1012 Fairchild Center ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; C. elegans; Germline development; p53; RNAi

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; KINESIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PDZ PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RAD51 PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; FERTILITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC STABILITY; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOME; GENOTYPE; GERM CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 8844239144     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401488     Document Type: Article

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