Small RNA: Can RNA interference be exploited for therapy?

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Volumn 362, Issue 9393, 2003, Pages 1401-1403

  Wall, Nathan R ^a   Shi, Yang ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CASPASE 8; DAUNORUBICIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; DOXYCYCLINE; FAS ANTIGEN; INTERFERON; RNA; VIRUS VECTOR;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARCINOMA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SELECTIVITY; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFLUENZA; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER FAILURE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TRANSGENE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0242317385     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14637-5     Document Type: Short Survey

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