Applications of RNA interference for studies in DNA damage processing, genome stability, mutagenesis, and cancer

Seminars in Cancer Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 301-308

  Bedford, Joel S ^a   Liber, Howard L ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA damage; Genome stability; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; RNA DERIVATIVE; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MUTAGENESIS; NON HOMOLOGOUS END JOINING; ONCOGENE H RAS; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; RADIOSENSITIZATION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GENOME; NEOPLASM; NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS; NEOPLASMS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 0642277282     PISSN: 1044579X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1044-579X(03)00044-0     Document Type: Article

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