RNA interference directed against viral and cellular targets inhibits human immunodeficiency virus type 1 replication

Journal of Virology

Volumn 76, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 12963-12973

  Surabhi, Rama M ^a   Gaynor, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 9; CYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN LBP; PROTEIN LEF; PROTEIN T1; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MAMMAL CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA BINDING; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRION; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; GENE PRODUCTS, TAT; HELA CELLS; HIV-1; HIV-1 REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; NF-KAPPA B; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; TRANSFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0036891843     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.76.24.12963-12973.2002     Document Type: Article

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