Synthetic oligonucleotides: The development of antisense therapeutics

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 8-13

  Monteith, David K ^a   Levin, Arthur A ^a  

^a ISIS PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense; Phosphorothioate oligonucleotides

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHOROTHIOATE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

BIOACCUMULATION; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG SAFETY; GENE THERAPY; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033052318     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019262339902700103     Document Type: Conference Paper

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