Inhibition of hepatitis B virus in mice by RNA interference

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 639-644

  McCaffrey, Anton P ^a   Nakai, Hiroyuki ^a   Pandey, Kusum ^a   Huang, Zan ^a   Salazar, Felix H ^b   Xu, Hui ^a   Wieland, Stefan F ^c   Marion, Patricia L ^b   Kay, Mark A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hepadnavirus Testing Inc   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; DNA; RNA; VIRUSES;

ANTIVIRAL MECHANISM;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; RNA; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL CULTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED NOD; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MAMMALIA; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0038023197     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt824     Document Type: Article

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