siRNAs can function as miRNAs

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 438-442

  Doench, John G ^a   Petersen, Christian P ^a   Sharp, Phillip A ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 UTR; MiRNA; RNAi; SiRNA; Translational repression

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA BINDING; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA ISOLATION; RNA STRUCTURE; TISSUE CULTURE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITES; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; GENE SILENCING; GENES, REPORTER; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MICRORNAS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECEPTORS, CXCR4; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFECTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037443089     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1064703     Document Type: Article

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