A synthetic, chemically modified ribozyme eliminates amelogenin, the major translation product in developing mouse enamel in vivo

EMBO Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 21, 1995, Pages 5224-5229

  Lyngstadaas, S P ^a   Risnes, S ^a   Sproat, B S ^b   Thrane, P S ^c   Prydz, H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Ribonetics GmbH ^*  (Germany)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

2' o allylribonucleotides; Amelogenin; Biomineralization; Dental enamel; Synthetic hammerhead ribozymes

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOZYME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENAMEL; GENE REPRESSION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0028846708     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1995.tb00207.x     Document Type: Article

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