Effects in live cells of a c-myc anti-gene PNA linked to a nuclear localization signal

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 300-303

  Cutrona, Giovanna ^a   Carpaneto, Elisabetta M ^a   Ulivi, Massimo ^a   Roncella, Silvio ^a,b   Landt, Olfert ^c   Ferrarini, Manlio ^a,d   Boffa, Lidia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c TIB MOLBIOL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti gene; C myc; Lymphomas; Nuclear localization signal (NLS) peptide; Peptide nucleic acid (PNA)

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CELL CYCLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOMA CELL LINE; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTIGENS, POLYOMAVIRUS TRANSFORMING; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOWN-REGULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENES, MYC; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLASMIDS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0034061532     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/73745     Document Type: Article

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