Targeting and regulation of the HER-2/neu oncogene promoter with bis-peptide nucleic acids

Oligonucleotides

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-50

  Ziemba, Amy J ^a   Zhilina, Zhanna V ^a   Krotova Khan, Yulia ^a   Stankova, Lenka ^a   Ebbinghaus, Scot W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORMETHINE DERIVATIVE; DNA POLYMERASE; GENOMIC DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; PHOSPHODIESTER TRIPLEX FORMING OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; ONCOGENE NEU; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CATIONS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DIGITONIN; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MECHLORETHAMINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 15744399605     PISSN: 15454576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/oli.2005.15.36     Document Type: Article

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