Using RNA interference to modulate gene expression

Drug Discovery Today: TARGETS

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 102-108

  Chopra, Maninder ^a   Pachuk, Catherine ^a   Satishchandran, C ^a   Giordano, Tony ^a  

^a Nucleonics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DRUG RESEARCH; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0042444829     PISSN: 17418372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1477-3627(02)02197-9     Document Type: Review

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