Inhibition of pre-mRNA splicing by synthetic branched nucleic acids

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 6157-6167

  Carriero, Sandra ^a   Damha, Masad J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYCYTIDINE; EXONUCLEASE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEIC ACID; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; RNA PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; RNA BINDING; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADENOSINE; CELL EXTRACTS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA STABILITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0344874235     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg824     Document Type: Article

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