RNAi: Gene-silencing in therapeutic intervention

Drug Discovery Today

Volumn 7, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 1040-1046

  Shuey, David J ^a   McCallus, Daniel E ^a   Giordano, Tony ^a  

^a Nucleonics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE SILENCING; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PLANT; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; GENE SILENCING; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 0037107886     PISSN: 13596446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-6446(02)02474-1     Document Type: Review

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