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1: Genome Biol. 2001;2(2):REVIEWS1005. Epub 2001 Jan 31.Click here to read Click here to read Links

High-throughput reverse genetics: RNAi screens in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Departments of Anatomy and of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. cori@itsa.ucsf.edu

Two recent chromosome-wide screens for phenotypes caused by RNA-mediated interference (RNAi) in Caenorhabditis elegans have increased our understanding of essential genes in nematodes. These papers represent a major advance in functional genomics.

PMID: 11182891 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC138903