Hexamer palindromic oligonucleotides with 5'-CG-3' motif(s) induce production of interferon

Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 799-803

  Sonehara, Kazuhiko ^a   Saito, Hitoshi ^a   Kuramoto, Etsuro ^a,c   Yamamoto, Saburo ^b   Yamamoto, Toshiko ^b   Tokunaga, Tohru ^b  

^a Mitsui Pharmaceut Inc   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c Mitsui Pharmaceuticals Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; LIPOSOME; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PALINDROMIC DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE INDUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029956357     PISSN: 10799907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jir.1996.16.799     Document Type: Article

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