Sequence-specific inhibition of microRNA-and siRNA-induced RNA silencing

RNA

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 544-550

  Meister, Gunter ^a   Landthaler, Markus ^a   Dorsett, Yair ^a   Tuschl, Thomas ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

miRNA; miRNP; mRNA degradation; Posttranscriptional gene regulation; RNA interference; Translational regulation

Indexed keywords

2' DEOXYOLIGONUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE; 2' O METHYL OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE; CELL EXTRACT; MICRORNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; TECHNIQUE; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

GENES, REPORTER; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1242318826     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.5235104     Document Type: Article

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