Nonspecific, concentration-dependent stimulation and repression of mammalian gene expression by small interfering RNAs (siRNAs)

RNA

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 12-18

  Persengiev, Stephan P ^a   Zhu, Xiaochun ^a   Green, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Interferon response; PKR response; RNA interference; SiRNA

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; INTERFERON; PROTEIN KINASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, NEOPLASM; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0347623204     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna5160904     Document Type: Article

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