In search of antisense

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 88-94

  Lavorgna, Giovanni ^a   Dahary, Dvir ^b   Lehner, Ben ^c   Sorek, Rotem ^b   Sanderson, Christopher M ^c   Casari, Giorgio ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Compugen Ltd ^*  (Israel)

^c MRC Rosalind Franklin Ctr Genom R   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; BIOINFORMATICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0442307970     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2003.12.002     Document Type: Review

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