Effective small interfering RNAs and phosphorothioate antisense DNAs have different preferences for target sites in the luciferase mRNAs

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 306, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 712-717

  Xu, Yunhe ^a   Zhang, Hong Yan ^a   Thormeyer, Dorit ^a   Larsson, Ola ^a   Du, Quan ^a   Elmén, Joacim ^a   Wahlestedt, Claes ^a   Liang, Zicai ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antisense DNAs; mRNA; Small interfering RNAs

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOROTHIOIC ACID; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RNA ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DNA, ANTISENSE; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MICE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 0041630618     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)01024-6     Document Type: Article

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