RNA interference using boranophosphate siRNAs: Structure-activity relationships

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 5991-6000

  Hall, Allison H S ^a   Wan, Jing ^b   Shaughnessy, Erin E ^c   Shaw, Barbara Ramsay ^b   Alexander, Kenneth A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORANE DERIVATIVE; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; NUCLEASE; PHOSPHOROTHIOIC ACID; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME STABILITY; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STABILITY; RNA SYNTHESIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BORON COMPOUNDS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; PHOSPHATES; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THIONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 11344257391     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh936     Document Type: Article

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