Specific inhibition of pathological prion protein accumulation by small interfering RNAs

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 116, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2775-2779

  Daude, Nathalie ^a   Marella, Mathieu ^a   Chabry, Joëlle ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Prion; Prnp; PrP res; PrP sen; PrPsc; Scrapie; siRNA; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EXPERIMENTATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HOST CELL; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DEPLETION; SCRAPIE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FLUORESCEIN; GENE SILENCING; MICE; PRION DISEASES; PRPC PROTEINS; PRPSC PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SCRAPIE; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0038783253     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00494     Document Type: Article

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